2 Corinthians 12:11

The Signs of an Apostle

12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison ¹  to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 9:5

9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution ²  you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift ³  and not as something you feel forced to do. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Or “I am in no way inferior.”

² tn Grk “the blessing.”

³ tn Grk “a blessing.”

⁴ tn Grk “as a covetousness”; that is, a gift given grudgingly or under compulsion.