2 Corinthians 11:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
For I Come Short of No Other Apostle, Especially In Knowledge
5 For I think that I have in no way come-short-of [a] the superlative[b] apostles. 6 But even though I am untrained in speech, nevertheless I am not in knowledge. But in every way we made this evident in all things to you.
Or Did I Sin By Not Letting You Pay Me?
7 Or[c] did I commit a sin [by] humbling myself in order that you might be exalted— because I freely[d] announced-as-good-news to you the good-news of God?
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- 2 Corinthians 11:5 Or, been-inferior-to.
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 That is, these ‘super’ apostles, as they think of themselves (who are false apostles, v 13); or, the chief, most-eminent apostles, such as Peter, James, and John.
- 2 Corinthians 11:7 Paul brings up one way in which his opponents would have regarded him as inferior.
- 2 Corinthians 11:7 Paul did not earn his living from his teaching. He supported himself, taking no money from them.
2 Corinthians 11:5-7
New International Version
5 I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”[a](A) 6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,(B) but I do have knowledge.(C) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 7 Was it a sin(D) for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God(E) to you free of charge?(F)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 Or to the most eminent apostles
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