Paul Contrasts Himself with False Apostles

11 I wish you would tolerate a little of my foolishness. Yes, please tolerate me! ² I am jealous of you with God’s own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.^{[a] 3} However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure^[b] devotion to the Messiah.^[c]

⁴ For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen. ⁵ I do not think I’m inferior in any way to those “super-apostles.” ⁶ Even though I may be untrained as an orator, I am not so in the field of knowledge. We have made this clear to all of you in every possible way.