diff --git a/stripe/_api_requestor.py b/stripe/_api_requestor.py
index 3d245465e..1f70d0616 100644
--- a/stripe/_api_requestor.py
+++ b/stripe/_api_requestor.py
@@ -78,7 +78,14 @@ def __init__(
             self._default_proxy = proxy
 
     @classmethod
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This method is internal to stripe-python and the public interface will be removed in a future stripe-python version"
+    )
     def format_app_info(cls, info):
+        return cls._format_app_info(info)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _format_app_info(cls, info):
         str = info["name"]
         if info["version"]:
             str += "/%s" % (info["version"],)
@@ -230,7 +237,7 @@ def specific_oauth_error(self, rbody, rcode, resp, rheaders, error_code):
     def request_headers(self, api_key, method):
         user_agent = "Stripe/v1 PythonBindings/%s" % (_version.VERSION,)
         if stripe.app_info:
-            user_agent += " " + self.format_app_info(stripe.app_info)
+            user_agent += " " + self._format_app_info(stripe.app_info)
 
         ua = {
             "bindings_version": _version.VERSION,
diff --git a/stripe/_api_resource.py b/stripe/_api_resource.py
index 8beedc4d5..c16f45d3a 100644
--- a/stripe/_api_resource.py
+++ b/stripe/_api_resource.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 )
 from stripe._api_requestor import APIRequestor
 from stripe._stripe_object import StripeObject
+from stripe import _util
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ class APIResource(StripeObject, Generic[T]):
     OBJECT_NAME: ClassVar[str]
 
     @classmethod
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of stripe-python. Child classes of APIResource should define their own `retrieve` and use APIResource._request directly."
+    )
     def retrieve(cls, id, api_key=None, **params) -> T:
         instance = cls(id, api_key, **params)
         instance.refresh()
diff --git a/stripe/_custom_method.py b/stripe/_custom_method.py
index b5f8685d4..b2950f231 100644
--- a/stripe/_custom_method.py
+++ b/stripe/_custom_method.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
 
+# TODO(major): 1704.
+@_util.deprecated(
+    "the custom_method class decorator will be removed in a future version of stripe-python. Define custom methods directly and use StripeObject._static_request within."
+)
 def custom_method(
     name: str,
     http_verb: str,
diff --git a/stripe/_error.py b/stripe/_error.py
index 54e2434c2..714431147 100644
--- a/stripe/_error.py
+++ b/stripe/_error.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 import stripe  # noqa: IMP101
 from stripe._error_object import ErrorObject
 
+from stripe import _util
+import warnings
+
 
 class StripeError(Exception):
     _message: Optional[str]
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.headers = headers or {}
         self.code = code
         self.request_id = self.headers.get("request-id", None)
-        self.error = self.construct_error_object()
+        self.error = self._construct_error_object()
 
     def __str__(self):
         msg = self._message or "<empty message>"
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ def __repr__(self):
             self.request_id,
         )
 
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "For internal stripe-python use only. The public interface will be removed in a future version."
+    )
     def construct_error_object(self) -> Optional[ErrorObject]:
         if (
             self.json_body is None
@@ -81,6 +87,11 @@ def construct_error_object(self) -> Optional[ErrorObject]:
             self.json_body["error"], stripe.api_key
         )
 
+    def _construct_error_object(self):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
+            return self.construct_error_object()
+
 
 class APIError(StripeError):
     pass
diff --git a/stripe/_list_object.py b/stripe/_list_object.py
index 4d029b489..98bc5faf0 100644
--- a/stripe/_list_object.py
+++ b/stripe/_list_object.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
     cast,
     Mapping,
 )
+from stripe import _util
 from stripe._stripe_object import StripeObject
 
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
+import warnings
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=StripeObject)
 
@@ -26,6 +28,25 @@ class ListObject(StripeObject, Generic[T]):
     has_more: bool
     url: str
 
+    def _list(
+        self,
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_account: Optional[str] = None,
+        **params: Mapping[str, Any]
+    ) -> Self:
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+            return self.list(  # pyright: ignore[reportDeprecated]
+                api_key=api_key,
+                stripe_version=stripe_version,
+                stripe_account=stripe_account,
+                **params,
+            )
+
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This will be removed in a future version of stripe-python. Please call the `list` method on the corresponding resource directly, instead of using `list` from the list object."
+    )
     def list(
         self,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -50,6 +71,9 @@ def list(
             ),
         )
 
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This will be removed in a future version of stripe-python. Please call the `create` method on the corresponding resource directly, instead of using `create` from the list object."
+    )
     def create(
         self,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -76,6 +100,9 @@ def create(
             ),
         )
 
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This will be removed in a future version of stripe-python. Please call the `retrieve` method on the corresponding resource directly, instead of using `retrieve` from the list object."
+    )
     def retrieve(
         self,
         id: str,
@@ -148,11 +175,27 @@ def auto_paging_iter(self) -> Iterator[T]:
                 break
 
     @classmethod
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This method is for internal stripe-python use only. The public interface will be removed in a future version."
+    )
     def empty_list(
         cls,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
         stripe_account: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> Self:
+        return cls._empty_list(
+            api_key=api_key,
+            stripe_version=stripe_version,
+            stripe_account=stripe_account,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _empty_list(
+        cls,
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_account: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Self:
         return cls.construct_from(
             {"data": []},
@@ -174,7 +217,7 @@ def next_page(
         **params: Mapping[str, Any]
     ) -> Self:
         if not self.has_more:
-            return self.empty_list(
+            return self._empty_list(
                 api_key=api_key,
                 stripe_version=stripe_version,
                 stripe_account=stripe_account,
@@ -190,13 +233,12 @@ def next_page(
         params_with_filters.update({"starting_after": last_id})
         params_with_filters.update(params)
 
-        result = self.list(
+        return self._list(
             api_key=api_key,
             stripe_version=stripe_version,
             stripe_account=stripe_account,
             **params_with_filters,
         )
-        return result
 
     def previous_page(
         self,
@@ -206,7 +248,7 @@ def previous_page(
         **params: Mapping[str, Any]
     ) -> Self:
         if not self.has_more:
-            return self.empty_list(
+            return self._empty_list(
                 api_key=api_key,
                 stripe_version=stripe_version,
                 stripe_account=stripe_account,
@@ -222,7 +264,7 @@ def previous_page(
         params_with_filters.update({"ending_before": first_id})
         params_with_filters.update(params)
 
-        result = self.list(
+        result = self._list(
             api_key=api_key,
             stripe_version=stripe_version,
             stripe_account=stripe_account,
diff --git a/stripe/_listable_api_resource.py b/stripe/_listable_api_resource.py
index b422ad922..9f27facd7 100644
--- a/stripe/_listable_api_resource.py
+++ b/stripe/_listable_api_resource.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=StripeObject)
 
+# TODO(major): 1704 - remove this class and all internal usages. `.list` is already inlined into the resource classes.
+# Although we should inline .auto_paging_iter into the resource classes as well.
+
 
 class ListableAPIResource(APIResource[T]):
     @classmethod
diff --git a/stripe/_nested_resource_class_methods.py b/stripe/_nested_resource_class_methods.py
index e0fd1d1c1..54f418a66 100644
--- a/stripe/_nested_resource_class_methods.py
+++ b/stripe/_nested_resource_class_methods.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 from stripe._api_resource import APIResource
 
 
-# TODO(major): Remove this. It is no longer used except for "nested_resource_url" and "nested_resource_request",
-# which are unnecessary ande deprecated.
+# TODO(major): 1704. Remove this. It is no longer used except for "nested_resource_url" and "nested_resource_request",
+# which are unnecessary and deprecated and should also be removed.
 def nested_resource_class_methods(
     resource: str,
     path: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/stripe/_search_result_object.py b/stripe/_search_result_object.py
index c82dd4695..43e0a8e7c 100644
--- a/stripe/_search_result_object.py
+++ b/stripe/_search_result_object.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 )
 
 from stripe._stripe_object import StripeObject
+from stripe import _util
+import warnings
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=StripeObject)
 
@@ -22,6 +24,25 @@ class SearchResultObject(StripeObject, Generic[T]):
     has_more: bool
     next_page: str
 
+    def _search(
+        self,
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_account: Optional[str] = None,
+        **params: Mapping[str, Any]
+    ) -> Self:
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
+            return self.search(  # pyright: ignore[reportDeprecated]
+                api_key=api_key,
+                stripe_version=stripe_version,
+                stripe_account=stripe_account,
+                **params,
+            )
+
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This will be removed in a future version of stripe-python. Please call the `search` method on the corresponding resource directly, instead of the generic search on SearchResultObject."
+    )
     def search(
         self,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -78,7 +99,7 @@ def auto_paging_iter(self) -> Iterator[T]:
                 break
 
     @classmethod
-    def empty_search_result(
+    def _empty_search_result(
         cls,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -92,6 +113,22 @@ def empty_search_result(
             last_response=None,
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "For internal stripe-python use only. This will be removed in a future version."
+    )
+    def empty_search_result(
+        cls,
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
+        stripe_account: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> Self:
+        return cls._empty_search_result(
+            api_key=api_key,
+            stripe_version=stripe_version,
+            stripe_account=stripe_account,
+        )
+
     @property
     def is_empty(self) -> bool:
         return not self.data
@@ -104,7 +141,7 @@ def next_search_result_page(
         **params: Mapping[str, Any]
     ) -> Self:
         if not self.has_more:
-            return self.empty_search_result(
+            return self._empty_search_result(
                 api_key=api_key,
                 stripe_version=stripe_version,
                 stripe_account=stripe_account,
@@ -114,10 +151,9 @@ def next_search_result_page(
         params_with_filters.update({"page": self.next_page})
         params_with_filters.update(params)
 
-        result = self.search(
+        return self._search(
             api_key=api_key,
             stripe_version=stripe_version,
             stripe_account=stripe_account,
             **params_with_filters,
         )
-        return result
diff --git a/stripe/_singleton_api_resource.py b/stripe/_singleton_api_resource.py
index 9898a449c..b64b9b3a2 100644
--- a/stripe/_singleton_api_resource.py
+++ b/stripe/_singleton_api_resource.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=StripeObject)
 
+# TODO(major): 1704 - Inline into Tax.Settings and Balance, and remove this class.
+
 
 class SingletonAPIResource(APIResource[T]):
     @classmethod
diff --git a/stripe/_stripe_object.py b/stripe/_stripe_object.py
index f45559c95..b375cf619 100644
--- a/stripe/_stripe_object.py
+++ b/stripe/_stripe_object.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from stripe import _util
 
 from stripe._stripe_response import StripeResponse, StripeStreamResponse
+import warnings
 
 
 @overload
@@ -70,13 +71,19 @@ def _serialize_list(
 
 
 class StripeObject(Dict[str, Any]):
-    class ReprJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    class _ReprJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
         def default(self, o: Any) -> Any:
             if isinstance(o, datetime.datetime):
                 # pyright complains that _encode_datetime is "private", but it's
                 # private to outsiders, not to stripe_object
                 return _encode_datetime(o)
-            return super(StripeObject.ReprJSONEncoder, self).default(o)
+            return super(StripeObject._ReprJSONEncoder, self).default(o)
+
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "For internal stripe-python use only. The public interface will be removed in a future version"
+    )
+    class ReprJSONEncoder(_ReprJSONEncoder):
+        pass
 
     _retrieve_params: Dict[str, Any]
     _previous: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]
@@ -307,6 +314,9 @@ def refresh_from(
         self._previous = values
 
     @classmethod
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "This will be removed in a future version of stripe-python."
+    )
     def api_base(cls) -> Optional[str]:
         return None
 
@@ -351,10 +361,14 @@ def _request(
         stripe_version = stripe_version or self.stripe_version
         api_key = api_key or self.api_key
         params = params or self._retrieve_params
+        api_base = None
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+            api_base = self.api_base()  # pyright: ignore[reportDeprecated]
 
         requestor = stripe.APIRequestor(
             key=api_key,
-            api_base=self.api_base(),
+            api_base=api_base,
             api_version=stripe_version,
             account=stripe_account,
         )
@@ -378,9 +392,13 @@ def request_stream(
     ) -> StripeStreamResponse:
         if params is None:
             params = self._retrieve_params
+        api_base = None
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+            api_base = self.api_base()  # pyright: ignore[reportDeprecated]
         requestor = stripe.APIRequestor(
             key=self.api_key,
-            api_base=self.api_base(),
+            api_base=api_base,
             api_version=self.stripe_version,
             account=self.stripe_account,
         )
@@ -407,23 +425,26 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return json.dumps(
-            self.to_dict_recursive(),
+            self._to_dict_recursive(),
             sort_keys=True,
             indent=2,
-            cls=self.ReprJSONEncoder,
+            cls=self._ReprJSONEncoder,
         )
 
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "Deprecated. The public interface will be removed in a future version."
+    )
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return dict(self)
 
-    def to_dict_recursive(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def _to_dict_recursive(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         def maybe_to_dict_recursive(
             value: Optional[Union[StripeObject, Dict[str, Any]]]
         ) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
             if value is None:
                 return None
             elif isinstance(value, StripeObject):
-                return value.to_dict_recursive()
+                return value._to_dict_recursive()
             else:
                 return value
 
@@ -434,7 +455,16 @@ def maybe_to_dict_recursive(
             for key, value in dict(self).items()
         }
 
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "For internal stripe-python use only. The public interface will be removed in a future version."
+    )
+    def to_dict_recursive(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return self._to_dict_recursive()
+
     @property
+    @_util.deprecated(
+        "For internal stripe-python use only. The public interface will be removed in a future version."
+    )
     def stripe_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return getattr(self, "id")
 
diff --git a/stripe/_util.py b/stripe/_util.py
index 527df1224..3b2bde7a8 100644
--- a/stripe/_util.py
+++ b/stripe/_util.py
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@
 
 # Used for global variables
 import stripe  # noqa: IMP101
-from stripe._stripe_response import StripeResponse
-from stripe._stripe_object import StripeObject
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from stripe._stripe_response import StripeResponse
+    from stripe._stripe_object import StripeObject
 
 STRIPE_LOG = os.environ.get("STRIPE_LOG")
 
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger("stripe")
 
-if hasattr(typing_extensions, "deprecated"):
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     deprecated = typing_extensions.deprecated
-elif not TYPE_CHECKING:
+else:
     _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
     # Copied from python/typing_extensions, as this was added in typing_extensions 4.5.0 which is incompatible with
@@ -192,12 +194,12 @@ def get_object_classes():
     return OBJECT_CLASSES
 
 
-Resp = Union[StripeResponse, Dict[str, Any], List["Resp"]]
+Resp = Union["StripeResponse", Dict[str, Any], List["Resp"]]
 
 
 @overload
 def convert_to_stripe_object(
-    resp: Union[StripeResponse, Dict[str, Any]],
+    resp: Union["StripeResponse", Dict[str, Any]],
     api_key: Optional[str] = None,
     stripe_version: Optional[str] = None,
     stripe_account: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -232,6 +234,10 @@ def convert_to_stripe_object(
     # the raw API response information
     stripe_response = None
 
+    # Imports here at runtime to avoid circular dependencies
+    from stripe._stripe_response import StripeResponse
+    from stripe._stripe_object import StripeObject
+
     if isinstance(resp, StripeResponse):
         stripe_response = resp
         resp = cast(Resp, stripe_response.data)
diff --git a/tests/test_api_requestor.py b/tests/test_api_requestor.py
index 4133e3da4..803a65067 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_requestor.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_requestor.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from stripe._stripe_response import StripeResponse, StripeStreamResponse
 from stripe._encode import _api_encode
 
-from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit, parse_qsl
 
 import urllib3
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def __init__(self, expected):
     def __eq__(self, other):
         query = urlsplit(other).query or other
 
-        parsed = stripe.util.parse_qsl(query)
+        parsed = parse_qsl(query)
         return self.expected == sorted(parsed)
 
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
                 )
                 return False
 
-        q_matcher = QueryMatcher(stripe.util.parse_qsl(self.exp_parts.query))
+        q_matcher = QueryMatcher(parse_qsl(self.exp_parts.query))
         return q_matcher == other
 
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def test_methods_with_params_and_response(
             if method == "post":
                 check_call(
                     method,
-                    post_data=QueryMatcher(stripe.util.parse_qsl(encoded)),
+                    post_data=QueryMatcher(parse_qsl(encoded)),
                 )
             else:
                 abs_url = "%s%s?%s" % (
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def test_methods_with_params_and_streaming_response(
             if method == "post":
                 check_call(
                     method,
-                    post_data=QueryMatcher(stripe.util.parse_qsl(encoded)),
+                    post_data=QueryMatcher(parse_qsl(encoded)),
                     is_streaming=True,
                 )
             else:
diff --git a/tests/test_exports.py b/tests/test_exports.py
index f25b84a5a..9c7d9b980 100644
--- a/tests/test_exports.py
+++ b/tests/test_exports.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def test_can_import_abstract() -> None:
     from stripe import SearchableAPIResource as SearchableFromStripe
     from stripe import VerifyMixin as VerifyMixinFromStripe
     from stripe import APIResourceTestHelpers as APIResourceTestHelpersFromStripe
-    from stripe import custom_method as custom_methodFromStripe
+    from stripe import custom_method as custom_methodFromStripe  # pyright: ignore[reportDeprecated]
     from stripe import nested_resource_class_methods as nested_resource_class_methodsFromStripe
     # fmt: on