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2 Corinthians 11:5

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

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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 which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:11–12

    I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

    Read in context

  • Galatians 2:6–9

    But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:

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