And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
What does that have to do with scribes?
The Hebrew word for scribe is סָפַר çâphar, saw-far’; a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate:—commune. By function scribes were assigned the task of copying the scrolls meticulously so that all the synagogues had exactly the same words to be read to those attending. Parchments were expensive and fragile. Accuracy in transcribing was important or the transmission of God’s Word would be useless.
Over time the importance of scribes was elevated in human terms i.e. self-worth, pride as recounted in the New Testament by Jesus Himself.
In their regime piety was reduced to external formalism. Only that was of value which was governed by external precept. Life under them became a burden; they themselves sought to evade certain of their own precepts, Mat 23:16, ff.; Luk 11:46; by their traditions the Law, instead of being a help in moral and spiritual life, became an instrument for preventing true access to God, Luk 11:52. Hence the Lord’s stern denunciations of them and the Pharisees.
Reference source Strong’s Definitions
As I write this, I copy and paste from internet sources I trust and I do not alter them. In that sense I am a scribe. I add personal comments, in that sense I am a scribbler.
What I know to write comes from what is written in my heart. The Spirit gives voice to the Living Word by faith. I have no idea what is needed for any reader, but He does.
I am no teacher and I do not pretend to be one. I think of myself as a secretary taking dictation. I resisted the temptation to become a scribe once I learned that they were an instrument of preventing true access to God.
“Show that you are a letter from Christ” is a matter of living out this life in Christ with all the integrity we can muster, failed humans that we are but chosen to deliver His Word.