2 Corinthians 11:15 “It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of…”

2 Corinthians 11:15

It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

American Standard Version

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers transforme themselues, as though they were the ministers of righteousnes, whose end shall be according to their workes.

Darby Translation

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Young's Literal Translation

no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness — whose end shall be according to their works.

Bible in Basic English

So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

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Cross references

“no”

2 Kings 5:13 1 Corinthians 9:11

2 Kings 5:13 · BSB

Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”

1 Corinthians 9:11 · BSB

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

“his”

Revelation 9:11 Acts 13:10 2 Corinthians 11:13 Ephesians 6:12 Revelation 13:2 Revelation 13:14

Revelation 9:11 · BSB

They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

Acts 13:10 · BSB

and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

2 Corinthians 11:13 · BSB

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

Ephesians 6:12 · BSB

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Revelation 13:2 · BSB

The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.

Revelation 13:14 · BSB

Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.

“the ministers”

2 Corinthians 3:9 2 Corinthians 11:23

2 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

“whose”

Philippians 3:19 2 Peter 2:3 2 Peter 2:13–22 Jude 1:4 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 28:15–17

Philippians 3:19 · BSB

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

2 Peter 2:3 · BSB

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Peter 2:13–22 · BSB

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

Jude 1:4 · BSB

For 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 Ch…

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 28:15–17 · BSB

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

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