<p>10:14 <i>For we are not overextending ourselves in our boasting, as though we did not reach unto you</i>- &quot;Overextending&quot; may be a quote from what the critics were saying about Paul. Perhaps the argument from the false teachers was that they were the local pastors, and for Paul to claim any authority in Corinth was an overextension of his authority.</p><p><i>For we were the first to come as far as you in preaching the gospel of Christ</i>- As noted on :13, Paul's claim to have authority over the Corinthians because he first preached to them is at variance with his attitude in 1 Cor. 1, where he rightly claims that Christ is paramount, and who preached or baptized them is irrelevant. And he repeated that in 1 Cor. 15:11, where he argues that God's grace working through the preachers is all important, and who preached the Gospel to the Corinthians is irrelevant because whoever it was (&quot;I or they&quot;), they were just vehicles for God's saving grace.</p>