2 Korintus 8:16

The Mission of Titus

8:16 But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion ¹  I have for you,

2 Korintus 11:5

11:5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.” ² 

[8:16]  ¹ tn Or “eagerness.”

[11:5]  ² tn The implicit irony in Paul’s remark is brought out well by the TEV: “I do not think that I am the least bit inferior to those very special so-called ‘apostles’ of yours!”

[11:5]  sn The ‘super-apostles’ refers either (1) to the original apostles (the older interpretation) or (2) more probably, to Paul’s opponents in Corinth, in which case the designation is ironic.