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

But from those who [a]were of considerable (A)repute (what they were makes no difference to me; (B)God shows no favoritism)—well, those who were of repute contributed nothing to me.

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  1. Galatians 2:6 Lit reputed as being something

As for those who were held in high esteem(A)—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism(B)—they added nothing to my message.(C)

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