2 Corinthians 11:13

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“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.”

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“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.”

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“for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 11:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 25:24Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
  2. Acts 15:1Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
  3. Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
  4. Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
  5. Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
  6. 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
  7. 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
  8. 2 Corinthians 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
  9. Galatians 1:7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
  10. Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
  11. Galatians 4:17Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
  12. Galatians 6:12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
  13. Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
  14. Philippians 1:15It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
  15. Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
  16. Colossians 2:4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
  17. Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
  18. 1 Timothy 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
  19. 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
  20. 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
  21. 2 Timothy 2:17and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
  22. 2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
  23. 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
  24. Titus 1:10For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

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