Paul has become unpopular among some in Corinth. Paul’s concern about this is not personal recognition, but rather it means believers wandering away from faithful preaching to follow teaching that takes them away from Jesus (v1-4).

It appears these ‘super-apostles’ who were condemning Paul were very quick to demand money for their support, whereas Paul acted without such demands (v5-11).

We need to be aware that there are false teachers today who like Satan disguise themselves as angels of light (v12-15). One of the marks of false teachers is their quickness in condemning faithful preachers.

Paul engages in what he calls foolish boasting to show he is in no way inferior to the ‘super-apostles’ and gives us a great insight into his ministry (v16-32).