2 Corinthians 12:11

⁹ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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.

¹² Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

¹³ For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

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.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
ASV: I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
DARBY: I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.
BLB: I have become a fool; you⁺ compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you⁺. For in nothing was I lacking [to] the “most eminent apostles,” even if I am nothing.

ÅB: Jeg er blitt en dåre; dere har tvunget meg til det. For jeg burde få ros av dere; jeg sto jo ikke i noe tilbake for de såre store apostler, om jeg enn er intet.
OTB: Jeg har blitt tåpelig; dere tvang meg. Jeg burde faktisk ha blitt rost av dere, siden jeg på ingen måte var underlegen de mest fremstående apostlene, selv om jeg er ingenting.
B1930: Jeg er blitt en dåre; I har tvunget mig til det. For jeg burde få ros av eder; jeg stod jo ikke i noget tilbake for de såre store apostler, om jeg enn er intet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 11:5
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
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2 Corinthians 11:1
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
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1 Corinthians 15:8–10
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
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Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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1 Corinthians 3:22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
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Luke 17:10
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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2 Corinthians 11:16–17
I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
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1 Corinthians 3:4–7
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
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