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2 Corinthians 11:5

3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.

I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

6 Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

7 Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
KJV
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
WEB
For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
ASV
For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
DARBY
For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.
BLB
For I reckon in nothing to have been lacking [to] the “most eminent apostles.”
ÅB
For jeg mener at jeg ikke i noe stykke står tilbake for de såre store apostler;
OTB
For jeg anser ikke meg selv på noen måte som underlegen disse mest fremtredende apostlene.
B1930
For jeg mener at jeg ikke i noget stykke står tilbake for de såre store apostler;

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

    Read in context

  • 2 Corinthians 12:11–12

    I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

    Read in context

  • Galatians 2:6–9

    But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism —those leaders added nothing to me.

    Read in context