Paul Defends His Apostleship

11 I wish that you would ^(A)bear with me in a little ^(B)foolishness, but ^[a]indeed you are bearing with me. ² For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, for I ^(C)betrothed you to one husband, so that I might ^(D)present you as a pure virgin to Christ. ³ But I fear that, as the ^(E)serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be corrupted from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. ⁴ For if ^[b]one comes and preaches ^(F)another Jesus whom we did not preach, or you receive a ^(G)different spirit which you did not receive, or a ^(H)different gospel which you did not accept, you ^(I)bear this ^(J)beautifully. ⁵ For I consider myself ^(K)in no way inferior to the ^[c]most-eminent apostles. ⁶ But even if I am ^(L)unskilled in word, yet I am not so in ^(M)knowledge; in fact, in every way we have ^(N)made this evident to you in all things.