Today, the Governing Body represents the faithful and discreet slave class. There was a similar arrangement in the first century
عَلَى غِرَارِ ٱلتَّرْتِيبِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَائِمًا فِي ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ،‏ تُمَثِّلُ ٱلْهَيْئَةُ ٱلْحَاكِمَةُ ٱلْيَوْمَ صَفَّ ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ ٱلْفَطِينِ