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Paul and the False Apostles

2 Corinthians 11:15

In 9 translations

BSB
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
KJV
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.
WEB
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
ASV
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
LSV
[it is] no great thing, then, if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness—whose end will be according to their works.
YLT
no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness — whose end shall be according to their works.
DBY
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
DRC
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works.
GNV
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.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐ μέγα οὖν εἰ καὶ οἱ διάκονοι αὐτοῦ μετασχηματίζονται ὡς διάκονοι δικαιοσύνης, ὧν τὸ τέλος ἔσται κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.
RP2018
Οὐ μέγα οὖν εἰ καὶ οἱ διάκονοι αὐτοῦ μετασχηματίζονται ὡς διάκονοι δικαιοσύνης, ὧν τὸ τέλος ἔσται κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.
TR-Boyd
Οὐ μέγα οὖν εἰ καὶ οἱ διάκονοι αὐτοῦ μετασχηματίζονται ὡς διάκονοι δικαιοσύνης, ὧν τὸ τέλος ἔσται κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.
SCR1894
ου μεγα ουν ει και οι διακονοι αυτου μετασχηματιζονται ως διακονοι δικαιοσυνης ων το τελος εσται κατα τα εργα αυτων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  • Revelation 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:9For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
  • 2 Peter 2:3In 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.
  • 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…
  • 2 Peter 2:13–22The 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. Their eyes are…
  • 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
  • Isaiah 9:14–15So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
  • Jeremiah 23:14–15And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to…
  • Matthew 7:15–16Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  • Acts 13:10and 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 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
  • Revelation 20:7–10When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison, and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the…
  • Galatians 1:8–9But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel…
  • Revelation 13:14Because 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.
  • Revelation 19:19–21Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army. But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its…

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