2 Corinthians 11:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.”
2 Corinthians 11:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Corinthians 11:57 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:5
“For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest Apostles,” no longer making comparison of himself with them, but with Peter and the rest. 'So that if they know more than I do, [they know more] than they also.' And observe how here also he shows modesty. For he did not say, 'the Apostles said nothing more than I,' but what? “I reckon,” so I deem, “that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest Apostles.” For since this also appeared to bespeak an inferiority in him,…
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