That I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles (μηδεν υστερηκενα των υπερλιαν αποστολων). Perfect active infinitive of υστ…

For I suppose, etc. I think that I gave as good evidence that I was commissioned by God as the most eminent of the apostles. In the miracl…

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.—The verb with which the sentence opens is the same as t…

The third justification for the request of v.1 now appears (see comment). Still engaging in his “senseless” but pardonable self-praise, Paul mainta…

For I reckon that I am. He now convicts them of ingratitude by removing the only thing that could serve as an excuse for them, for he show…

For I suppose I was not a whit behind
This is very modestly expressed by the apostle; for he does not assert, and in…

It is far better to be plain in speech, yet walking openly and consistently with the gospel, than to be admired by thousands, and be lifted up in p…

Having described the zeal he had for the Corinthians and proved it reasonable, the Apostle now rejects their excuse. In this regard, he does two th…