11 I have become (A)foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was (B)in no respect inferior to the [a]most eminent apostles, even though (C)I am a nobody.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or super-apostles

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

11 I have made a fool of myself,(A) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”[a](B) even though I am nothing.(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles

To me, (A)the very least of all [a]saints, this grace was given, to (B)preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable (C)riches of Christ,

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  1. Ephesians 3:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(B) the boundless riches of Christ,(C)

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15 (A)It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that (B)Christ Jesus came into the world to (C)save sinners, among whom (D)I am foremost.

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15 Here is a trustworthy saying(A) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners(B)—of whom I am the worst.

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