2COR 11:5 Parallel View

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UST I want you to believe what we first told you because I think that the Messiah acts through me as much as through those who say that they represent him the best.

BSB § I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

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

AICNT For I consider myself not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.

OEB I do not regard myself as in any way inferior to the most eminent apostles!

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

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

NET For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.”

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

FBV I don't believe I'm inferior to these “super-apostles.”

TCNT For I consider myself to be in no way inferior to these “super-apostles.”

T4T I consider that [LIT] none of those men, even though they think of themselves as being [IRO] extra-special apostles, are in any way greater than I am.

LEB For I consider myself in no way to be inferior to the preeminent apostles.[fn]

?:? Some interpreters take this to refer to the original apostles in Jerusalem; others take Paul to be referring sarcastically to his opponents in Corinth.

BBE For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

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

DRA For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great apostles.

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

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

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

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

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

BB Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.
(Verily/Truly I suppose that I was not behind the chiefe Apostles.)

GNV Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.
(Verily/Truly I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles. )

CB For I suppose that I am no lesse the the hye Apostles are.
(For I suppose that I am no lesse the the high Apostles are.)

TNT I suppose that I was not behynde the chefe apostles.
(I suppose that I was not behind the chief apostles. )

WYC For Y wene that Y haue don no thing lesse than the grete apostlis.
(For I wene that I have done no thing lesse than the great apostles.)

LUT Denn ich achte, ich sei nicht weniger, denn die hohen Apostel sind.
(Because I achte, I be not weniger, because the hohen Apostel sind.)

CLV Existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.[fn]
(Existimo because nihil me minus fecisse a magnis Apostolis.)

11.5 Existimo. Supra egit de pseudoapostolis, nunc de veris, quibus Paulus inferior videbatur; quia non fuerat cum Jesu conversatus.

11.5 Existimo. Supra egit about pseudoapostolis, now about veris, to_whom Paulus inferior videbatur; because not/no fuerat cum Yesu conversatus.

UGNT λογίζομαι γὰρ μηδὲν ὑστερηκέναι τῶν ὑπέρλίαν ἀποστόλων.
(logizomai gar maʸden husteraʸkenai tōn huperlian apostolōn.)

SBL-GNT λογίζομαι γὰρ μηδὲν ὑστερηκέναι τῶν ὑπερλίαν ἀποστόλων·
(logizomai gar maʸden husteraʸkenai tōn huperlian apostolōn; )

TC-GNT Λογίζομαι γὰρ μηδὲν ὑστερηκέναι τῶν ὑπὲρ λίαν ἀποστόλων.
(Logizomai gar maʸden husteraʸkenai tōn huper lian apostolōn. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For could introduce: (1) a reason why what Paul told them about Jesus, the Spirit, and the gospel (See: 11:4) takes priority over what anyone else tells them. Alternate translation: “So, what I taught you has priority, since” (2) a reason why they should “bear with” Paul (See: 11:1). Alternate translation: “Further, I want you to bear with me because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὑστερηκέναι τῶν ὑπέρλίαν ἀποστόλων

/to_have/_been_deficient ˱of˲_the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λογίζομαι γὰρ μηδὲν ὑστερηκέναι τῶν ὑπερλίαν ἀποστόλων)

Here Paul speaks as if he is not below or short of the “super-apostles”. He means that he does not have less power and authority than they do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “to be less than the ‘super-apostles’” or “to have less authority than the ‘super-apostles’”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

τῶν ὑπέρλίαν ἀποστόλων

˱of˲_the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λογίζομαι γὰρ μηδὲν ὑστερηκέναι τῶν ὑπερλίαν ἀποστόλων)

Here Paul refers to his opponents, the false teachers, with the words that they themselves or their followers used to describe them: “super-apostles”. He does not actually believe that these people are better apostles or greater than anyone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that indicates that Paul is speaking from someone else’s perspective to make a point. Alternate translation: “of the so-called ‘super-apostles’” or “of those who consider themselves super-apostles”

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