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NASB					2 Cor 12:11 ¶ I have become¹⁰⁹⁶ ^Afoolish⁸⁷⁸; you yourselves⁴⁷⁷¹ compelled³¹⁵ me. Actually¹⁰⁶³ I should³⁷⁸⁴ have been commended⁴⁹²¹ by you, for ^Bin no³⁷⁶² respect³⁷⁶² was I inferior⁵³⁰² to the ¹most^5244b eminent^5244b apostles⁶⁵², even²⁵³² though¹⁴⁸⁷ ^CI am¹⁵¹⁰ a nobody³⁷⁶².
AMPLIFIED 2015					2 Cor 12:11 ¶ Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those ¹super-apostles, even if I am nobody.

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Or super-apostles

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See note 11:5. If the false teachers were degrading Paul's apostleship, they may have wrongly ascribed a "super-apostleship" to the Twelve, especially James, Cephas (Peter), and John. See Gal 2:9.

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2 Cor 5:13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

1 Cor 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

1 Cor 3:7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

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Greek Heb.

315

anagkazô; from 318; to necessitate, compel:--compel(3), compelled(2), force(1), forced(1), made(2).

652

apostolos; from 649; a messenger, one sent on a mission, an apostle:--apostle(19), apostles(52), apostles'(5), messenger(1), messengers(1), is sent(1).

878

aphrôn; from 1 (as a neg. pref.) and 5424; without reason, foolish:--fool(2), foolish(8), foolish ones(1).

1063

gar; a contr. of ge ara (verily then); for, indeed (a conjunc. used to express cause, explanation, inference or continuation):--actually(1), after(1), after all(1), although(1), because(2), indeed(1), since(1), then(2), though(1), well(3), what(1), why(3), yes(2).

1096

ginomai; from a prim. root gen-; to come into being, to happen, to become:--accomplished(1), appeared(3), arise(1), arises(2), arose(6), arrived(3), became(53), become(83), becomes(8), becoming(2), been(12), been brought(1), been done(1), been made(2), been...came(1), began(1), behaved(1), being(2), come into being(1), being carried(1), being done(2), being made(2), born(5), breaking*(1), came(45), came into being(2), came to pass(2), come(16), comes(1), comes to pass(1), coming(1), dawn(1), decided*(1), developing(1), done(20), drawing(1), during(1), elapsed(1), existed*(1), falling(1), feeling(1), fell(6), finished(1), followed(1), formed(3), found(2), get(4), give(1), got(1), granted(1), grown*(1), had(1), happen(6), happened(46), happening(5), happens(3), has(3), join*(1), joined(3), made(15), occur(3), occurred(18), performed(4), prove(7), proved(6), proving(1), put(1), reached(2), realized(1), results(2), show(1), spent(1), split(1), spoken(1), starting(1), take place(16), taken(2), taken place(5), takes place(1), taking place(3), there arose(1), thundered*(1), took place(7), turned(1), turns(3), would(1).

1487

ei; a prim. particle; if, whether (a cond. part. introducing circumstances nec. for a given proposition to be true; sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.):--although*(1), if(341), no(1), only(1), only*(11), suppose*(1), though(7), though*(5), unless(2), unless*(5), until*(1), whatever*(1), whether(19), whoever*(3).

1510

eimi; a prol. form of a prim. and defective vb.; I exist, I am:--accompanied*(1), accompany*(2), am(138), amount(1), amounts(1), appear*(1), asserted*(1), become*(5), been(45), been*(1), being(26), belong(3), belonged*(1), belonging(1), belonging*(1), belongs(4), bring*(1), came(1), come(5), consist(1), crave*(1), depends*(1), do(1), done*(1), exist(3), existed(4), existed*(1), falls(1), found(1), had(8), happen(4), have(2), have come(1), lived(1), mean(1), mean*(2), means(7), meant(2), originate(1), owns(1), remain(3), remained(1), rest(1), sided(1), stayed(2), themselves(1), there(6), turn(1).

2532

kai; a prim. conjunc.; and, even, also:--accompanied(1), actually(2), after(2), again(1), again*(1), along(4), also(535), although(1), although*(1), besides*(1), both(37), both*(1), certainly(1), continue(1), either(2), else(1), even(132), forty-six*(1), if(1), including(1), indeed(20), indeed*(2), just(3), likewise(1), more*(2), moving about freely*(1), nor(4), now(2), only(2), only*(1), or(11), same(1), so(30), than(2), than*(4), then(105), though(1), though*(6), together(1), too(34), until(1), very(3), well(13), when(7), whether(1), while(1), whose*(1), without*(4), yet(9).

3762

oudeis and outheis,
oudemia,
ouden and outhen; from 3761 and 1520; no one, none:--all(1), any(7), anyone(9), anything(7), cannot*(1), never*(1), no(26), no...anything(1), no such thing(1), no man(3), no one(87), no one's(1), no respect(1), no*(6), nobody(1), none(12), none*(1), nothing(45), nothing at all(1), nothing nothing(1), nothing*(7), one(10), one*(3), useless*(1), worthless(1).

3784

opheilô; a prim. word; to owe:--had(1), have(1), indebted(2), must(1), obligated(3), ought(15), owe(4), owed(4), owes(1), responsible(1), should(2).

4771

su; second pers. sing. pers. pron.; you (early mod. Eng. thou):--number(1), yours(17), yourself(4), yourselves(20), yourselves*(3).

4921

sunistêmi and sunistanô; from 4862 and 2476; to commend, establish, stand near, consist:--commend(3), commended(1), commending(3), commends(2), demonstrated(1), demonstrates(2), formed(1), hold together(1), prove(1), standing(1).
sunk-; see sugk-.
sunl-; see sull-.
sunm-; see summ-.

5244b

huperlian; from 5228 and 3029; exceedingly, preeminently:--most eminent(2).

5302

hustereô; from 5306; to come late, be behind, come short:--am...lacking(1), come short(1), comes short(1), destitute(1), fall short(1), impoverished(1), inferior(2), lack(2), lacked(1), lacking(1), need(1), ran(1), suffering need(1), worse(1).

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