2 Corinthians 11:13
11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- KJV
- For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- WEB
- For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
- ASV
- For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
- DARBY
- For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
- BLB
- For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
- ÅB
- For disse er falske apostler, svikefulle arbeidere, som skaper seg om til apostler for Kristus.
- OTB
- For slike menn er falske apostler, bedragerske arbeidere, som utgir seg for å være Kristi apostler.
- B1930
- For disse er falske apostler, svikefulle arbeidere, som skaper sig om til apostler for Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 1:7
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Read in contextRevelation 2:2
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Read in context1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:2
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Read in contextGalatians 2:4
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Read in contextActs 20:30
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:15
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Read in contextColossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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