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2 Corinthians 11:13

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

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ASV

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

KJV

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οἱhoi<the>G3588 →
γὰρgarForG1063 →
τοιοῦτοιtoioutoisuch [are]G5108 →
ψευδαπόστολοι,pseudapostoloifalse apostles,G5570 →
ἐργάταιergataiworkersG2040 →
δόλιοι,dolioideceitful,G1386 →
μετασχηματιζόμενοιmetaschēmatizomenoidisguising themselvesG3345 →
εἰςeisasG1519 →
ἀποστόλουςapostolousapostlesG652 →
Χριστοῦ·Christouof Christ;G5547 →

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Galatians 1:7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.Revelation 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.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.Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.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.2 Corinthians 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.Colossians 2:4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.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.Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.Philippians 1:15It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.1 Timothy 6:3–5If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,2 John 1:7–11For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.Titus 1:10–11For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

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