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They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For such <i>are</i> false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For such <i>are</i> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For such <i>are</i> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_corinthians/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_corinthians/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_corinthians/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People who brag like this are false apostles. They are dishonest workers, since they disguise themselves as Christ's apostles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Those men are not true apostles--they are false apostles, who lie about their work and disguise themselves to look like real apostles of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_corinthians/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_corinthians/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_corinthians/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for those such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For such <i>are</i> false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for those such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For false apostles, such as these deceitful workers, are presenting themselves as if they were Apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, who masquerade as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For such boasters are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they are false apostles, and deceitful workers, posing as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For these are false Apostles and treacherous workers and they liken themselves to the Apostles of The Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For such are fake apostles, deceitful labourers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_corinthians/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for these are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguised so as to pass for true apostles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />For such <i>men are</i> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For such <i>are</i> false apostles, deceitful workers, transformed into apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=2000" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Paul and the False Apostles</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5108.htm" title="5108: toioutoi (DPro-NMP) -- (including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality).">such men are</a> <a href="/greek/5570.htm" title="5570: pseudapostoloi (N-NMP) -- A false or pretended apostle. From pseudes and apostolos; a spurious apostle, i.e. Pretended pracher.">false apostles,</a> <a href="/greek/1386.htm" title="1386: dolioi (Adj-NMP) -- Treacherous, deceitful, fraudulent. From dolos; guileful.">deceitful</a> <a href="/greek/2040.htm" title="2040: ergatai (N-NMP) -- A field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher.">workers,</a> <a href="/greek/3345.htm" title="3345: metaschēmatizomenoi (V-PPM-NMP) -- From meta and a derivative of schema; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively, to apply.">masquerading</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">as</a> <a href="/greek/652.htm" title="652: apostolous (N-AMP) -- From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.">apostles</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">of Christ.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">14</span>And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Galatians 1:7-9</a></span><br />which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. / But 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 contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a></span><br />Beloved, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a></span><br />I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17-18</a></span><br />Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-5.htm">2 Timothy 3:5</a></span><br />having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a></span><br />For 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. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a></span><br />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 Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-2.htm">Revelation 2:2</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a></span><br />“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6-9</a></span><br />They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken? / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Deuteronomy 13:1-3</a></span><br />If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, / and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” / you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15-16</a></span><br />The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. / For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.</p><p class="hdg">false.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/11-15.htm">2 Corinthians 11:15</a></b></br> Therefore <i>it is</i> no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a></b></br> For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm">2 Corinthians 4:2</a></b></br> But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.</p><p class="hdg">deceitful.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Philippians 3:2</a></b></br> Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Titus 1:10,11</a></b></br> For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">Apostles</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">Assuming</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-10.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Deceitful</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-38.htm">Disguising</a> <a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Fashioning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Garb</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-14.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-12.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm">Workers</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/12-11.htm">Apostles</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-2.htm">Assuming</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-16.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Deceitful</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-38.htm">Disguising</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm">Fashioning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Garb</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-19.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-15.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-17.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-15.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Workers</a> <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-1.htm">Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">of his equality with the chief apostles,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of 2 Corinthians, Paul is confronting those who are misleading the Corinthian church. Historically, the early church faced challenges from individuals who claimed authority and teaching that were contrary to the apostolic doctrine. The Greek word used here, "toioutoi," emphasizes the particular nature of these men, setting them apart from true apostles.<p><b>are false apostles</b><br />The term "false apostles" is derived from the Greek "pseudapostoloi," which combines "pseudo" (false) and "apostoloi" (apostles). This indicates individuals who claim to be sent by Christ but are not. In the early church, the role of an apostle was foundational, as they were eyewitnesses to Christ's resurrection and were directly commissioned by Him. These false apostles were undermining the true gospel by presenting themselves as legitimate messengers of Christ.<p><b>deceitful workers</b><br />The phrase "deceitful workers" comes from the Greek "dolioi ergatai," which conveys the idea of craftiness and trickery. These individuals were not merely mistaken; they were intentionally misleading others for personal gain or influence. The historical context of the Corinthian church shows that such deceit was a significant threat to the unity and purity of the Christian community.<p><b>masquerading as apostles of Christ</b><br />The word "masquerading" is translated from the Greek "metaschēmatizomenoi," which means to change one's outward form or appearance. This implies a deliberate act of deception, where these individuals were presenting themselves as something they were not. The imagery here is powerful, suggesting that these false apostles were like actors wearing a mask, pretending to be genuine representatives of Christ. This deception is a reminder of the spiritual warfare that believers face, as Satan himself is described as an angel of light in the following verses.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">For such are false apostles . . .</span>--St. Paul's estimate of the character of his rivals is now given in unsparing language as the reason why he desires to deprive them of any claim which may give them an adventitious superiority to him. In the term "false apostles" we have the explanation of the "apostles extraordinary" of <a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm" title="For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles.">2Corinthians 11:5</a>. These "<span class= "ital">crafty</span> workers" were carrying on a system of imposture, trying to assume the character of being, in a higher sense than he was, "Apostles of Christ." This again throws light both on the words "if any man trusts that he is Christ's" of <a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm" title="Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.">2Corinthians 10:7</a>, and on the "I am of Christ" of <a href="/1_corinthians/1-12.htm" title="Now this I say, that every one of you said, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.">1Corinthians 1:12</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For such are false apostles.</span> This, with <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:14-16</a> and <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Philippians 3:2</a>, is one of St. Paul's most passionate outbursts of plain speaking. "Now at length" says Bengel, "he calls a spade a spade." They were "false apostles" (<a href="/revelation/2-2.htm">Revelation 2:2</a>), because a true apostle delivers the message of another, while these cared only for self (<a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Deceitful workers.</span> Workmen who cheat their employers (<a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm">2 Corinthians 4:2</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Transforming themselves.</span> The verb is the same as in <a href="/1_corinthians/4-6.htm">1 Corinthians 4:6</a> and <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Philippians 3:21</a>, and does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">such men [are]</span><br /><span class="grk">τοιοῦτοι</span> <span class="translit">(toioutoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5108.htm">Strong's 5108: </a> </span><span class="str2">(including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">false apostles,</span><br /><span class="grk">ψευδαπόστολοι</span> <span class="translit">(pseudapostoloi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5570.htm">Strong's 5570: </a> </span><span class="str2">A false or pretended apostle. From pseudes and apostolos; a spurious apostle, i.e. Pretended pracher.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deceitful</span><br /><span class="grk">δόλιοι</span> <span class="translit">(dolioi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1386.htm">Strong's 1386: </a> </span><span class="str2">Treacherous, deceitful, fraudulent. From dolos; guileful.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">workers,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐργάται</span> <span class="translit">(ergatai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> </span><span class="str2">A field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">masquerading</span><br /><span class="grk">μετασχηματιζόμενοι</span> <span class="translit">(metaschēmatizomenoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3345.htm">Strong's 3345: </a> </span><span class="str2">From meta and a derivative of schema; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively, to apply.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">apostles</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀποστόλους</span> <span class="translit">(apostolous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_652.htm">Strong's 652: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Christ.</span><br /><span class="grk">Χριστοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Christou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:13 For such men are false apostles deceitful (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>