⁵ For I consider myself ^(A)in no way inferior to the ^[a]most-eminent apostles.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

¹¹ I have become ^(A)foolish; you yourselves compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, for ^(B)in no respect was I inferior to the ^[a]most-eminent apostles, even if ^(C)I am nothing.

⁹ and recognizing ^(A)the grace that had been given to me, ^(B)James and ^(C)Cephas and ^[a]John, who were ^(D)reputed to be ^(E)pillars, gave to me and ^(F)Barnabas the ^(G)right ^[b]hand of fellowship, so that we might ^(H)go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

³ For ^(A)if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.