I was not.

2 Corinthians 12:11, 12
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those "super-apostles, " even though I am nothing. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Galatians 2:6-9
But as for the highly esteemed, whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism. For those leaders added nothing to my message. . . .