11. I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
12. I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.
13. How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!