2 Corinthians 11:5 KJV — MannaFest

2 Corinthians 11:5

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

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ASV

For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

WEB

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

YLT

for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,

DBT

For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.

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2 Corinthians — Paul's most personal letter. A defense of gospel ministry under pressure — comfort and conflict, giving and glory, weakness and power — with the tone shifting markedly at chapter 10.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55–56, from Macedonia

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2 Corinthians 12:11
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.
Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
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.
Galatians 2:6
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:
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

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However, he was not rude in knowledge; he was not unacquainted with the best rules of oratory and the art of persuasion, much less was he ignorant of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, as had been thoroughly manifested among them. His equality with the false apostles in this particular--the preaching of the gospel unto them freely, without wages.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For--My claim is superior to that of the false teachers, "For," &c. I suppose--I reckon [ALFORD]. I was not--Greek, "That I have not been, and am not." the very chiefest apostles--James, Peter, and John, the witnesses of Christ's transfiguration and agony in Gethsemane.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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