2 Korintus 10:2

10:2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving ¹  according to human standards. ² 

2 Korintus 11:5

11:5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.” ³ 

[10:2]  ¹ tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

[10:2]  ² tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

[11:5]  ³ 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.