2 Corinthians 11:13 - Easy To Read Version These people are not true apostles. {\cf2\super [36]} They are workers who lie. And they change themselves to \{make people think they are\} apostles of Christ. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For such men are false apostles [spurious, counterfeits], deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles (special messengers) of Christ (the Messiah). American Standard Version (1901) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. Common English Bible Such people are false apostles and dishonest workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version For false apostles, such as these deceitful workers, are presenting themselves as if they were Apostles of Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. |
The Lord All-Powerful says these things:\par “Don’t pay attention to the things\par that those prophets are saying to you.\par They are trying to fool you.\par Those prophets talk about visions. {\cf2\super [190]} \par But they did not get their visions from me.\par Their visions come from their own minds.\par
But the false prophets are saying: You will never be slaves to the king of Babylon.
“Then the servant that got one bag of money came to the master. The servant said, ‘Master, I knew that you were a very hard man. You harvest things you did not plant. You gather crops where you did not put any seed.
Then some men came \{to Antioch\} from Judea. They began teaching the non-Jewish brothers: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised. {\cf2\super [296]} Moses taught us to do this.”
We have heard that some men have come to you from our group. The things they said troubled and upset you. But we did not tell them to do this!
Also, men from your own group will become bad leaders. They will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some followers \{of Jesus\} away from the truth.
People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.
So it does not surprise us if Satan’s servants make themselves look like servants who work for what is right. But in the end those people will be paid (punished) for the things they do.
We don’t sell the word of God for a profit like many other people do. No! But in Christ we speak in truth before God. We speak like men sent from God.
But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.
There is no other message that is good news. But some people are confusing you. They want to change the Good News about Christ.
Those people {\cf2\super [52]} are working hard to persuade you. But this is not good for you. Those people want to persuade you to turn against us. They want you to follow only them and no other people.
Some men are trying to force you to be circumcised. {\cf2\super [77]} They do these things so that other people (the Jews) will accept them. Those men are afraid they will be criticized if they follow only the cross of Christ. {\cf2\super [78]}
Then we will not still be babies. We will not be people who change like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced (changed) by every new teaching we hear from people who try to fool us. Those people make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong way.
Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ. I have often told you about these people. And it makes me cry to tell you about them now.
Be careful of those people who do evil. They are like dogs. They demand to cut {\cf2\super [15]} the body.
I tell you these things so that no person can fool you by telling you ideas that seem good, but are false.
Be sure that no person leads you away with false ideas and words that mean nothing. Those ideas come from people, not Christ. Those ideas are the worthless ideas of people in the world.
My dear children, the end is near! You have heard that the Enemy of Christ {\cf2\super [5]} is coming. And now many enemies of Christ are already here. So we know that the end is near.
My dear friends, many false prophets {\cf2\super [14]} are in the world now. So don’t believe every spirit. But test the spirits to see if they are from God.
But the animal was captured. Also the false prophet {\cf2\super [149]} was captured. This false prophet was the one who did the miracles {\cf2\super [150]} for the animal. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick the people who had the mark of the animal and worshiped his idol. {\cf2\super [151]} The false prophet and the animal were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
I know what you do. You work hard, and you never quit. I know that you don’t accept evil people. You have tested those people who say that they are apostles {\cf2\super [12]} but are really not. You found that they are liars.
But I have this against you: You let that woman named Jezebel do what she wants. She says that she is a prophet. {\cf2\super [22]} But she is leading my people away with her teaching. Jezebel leads my people to do sexual sins and to eat food that is offered to idols. {\cf2\super [23]}
I know your troubles, and I know that you are poor. But really you are rich! I know the bad things that some people say \{about you\}. Those people say they are Jews. But they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue (group) that belongs to Satan (the devil).