2 Corinthians 11:5
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For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great apostles.

I was not.

2 Corinthians 12:11,12 I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me:

Galatians 2:6-9 But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man): for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing. . . .

Context
Paul and the False Apostles
4For if he that cometh preacheth another Christ, whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, whom you have not received; or another gospel, which you have not received: you might well bear with him. 5For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great apostles. 6For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge: but in all things we have been made manifest to you.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.

Galatians 2:6
But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man): for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.

Galatians 2:9
And when they had known the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship: that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision:

Lexicon
I consider myself
Λογίζομαι (Logizomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3049: To reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose.

in no way
μηδὲν (mēden)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3367: No one, none, nothing.

inferior
ὑστερηκέναι (hysterēkenai)
Verb - Perfect Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 5302: From husteros; to be later, i.e. to be inferior; generally, to fall short.

to those
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

“super-apostles.”
Ὑπερλίαν (Hyperlian)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above.


Additional Translations
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

For I reckon in nothing to have been inferior to those "most eminent apostles."

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles.

For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.

For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very greatest apostles.

Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.

For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.

for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,
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