2 Corinthians 11:5

Verse 5. For I suppose. Many understand this as spoken ironically, and alluding to the false apostles, who called themselves great. But it ought rather to be understood in a literal sense, that God had performed as many and great miracles by his hands, as by any of the apostles. Saint Paul here wishes to refute those who called themselves the disciples of Peter, and other apostles. Calmet.