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For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus[a] than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with that readily enough!

I do not regard myself as being inferior to these “super-apostles.” I may be untrained in the art of speaking, but the same is not true of me in regard to knowledge. In every way and in all respects, we have made this evident to you.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:4 Another Jesus: the false apostles present Jesus cast in the mold of Judaistic teachings (see 2 Cor 11:22). Different spirit: e.g., a spirit of bondage, fear, and worldliness (see Rom 8:15; 1 Cor 2:12; Gal 2:4; 4:24; Col 2:20-23) instead of a Spirit of freedom, love, joy, praise, and power (see 2 Cor 3:17; Rom 14:17; Gal 2:4; 5:1, 22; Eph 3:20; Col 1:11; 2 Tim 1:7). Different gospel: i.e., a gospel that is really no gospel at all (see Gal 1:6-9).

For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached,(A) or if you receive a different spirit(B) from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel(C) from the one you accepted, you put up with it(D) easily enough.

I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”[a](E) I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,(F) but I do have knowledge.(G) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:5 Or to the most eminent apostles