2 Corinthians 11:5

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I suppose ... - I think that I gave as good evidence that I was commissioned by God as the most eminent of the apostles. In the miracles whic...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Tender Appeal to the Church as a Whole. This appeal may sound like foolish sentiment. Let them bear with him. Indeed he is sure that they do. W...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

suppose . reckon. was... behind . Greek. hustero, See. Cor. 2 Corinthians 1:7 . not. whit . in nothing. Greek. medeis. Whit is the O. E, wi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. 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 sh...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. I was not - behind the very chiefest apostles - That is: The most eminent of the ap...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. For - my elaim is superior to that of the false teachers. "For," etc. So 'A...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'And my fear is not without reason, for you are certainly very favourably inclined towards those who bring quite a different gospel fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The very chiefest apostles] RM 'those preëminent apostles'; i.e. of course not the members of the apostolic band like St. Peter and St. John, but t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. — The verb with which the sentence opens is the same as the “I think,” “I reckon,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the ap...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or anothe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I suppose I was not a whit behind ,.... This is very modestly expressed by the apostle; for he does not assert, and in a haughty and confident w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. Ver. 5. The very chiefest apostles ] Either he meaneth those pillars, Peter, Ja...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For if he that cometh After me, with such extraordinary pretences; preach another Jesus Can point out to you another Saviour; whom we have not p...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preache...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very highest ranking apostles.' In view of this he feels it necessary as their ‘father' to establish h...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:1 .—Small change of rendering, “ a bit of foolishness ,” because of small variation of reading. “For, on my own p...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:12 ; Galatians 2:6-9

⁵ For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:5