Paul and the False Apostles

I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but [you are already doing that] 2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present [you] [as] a pure virgin to Christ.

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I am afraid however, that just as Eve was deceived by [the] serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from the simplicity [that is] in Christ.[fn] 4 For if [someone] comes [and] proclaims [a] Jesus other [than the One] we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit [than the One] you received, or a different gospel [than the one] you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

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I consider myself in no way inferior to those“super-apostles 6 Although [I am] not a polished speaker, vvv I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have been made known[fn] to you in every way possible

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[Was it] a sin [for me] to humble myself in order to vvv exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? 8 I robbed other churches by accepting [their] support in order to serve you. 9 And when I was with you and in need, vvv I was not a burden [to anyone]; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so. 10 [As surely as the] truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine vvv will not be silenced[fn] in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why Because vvv I do not love you? God knows [I do]!

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But vvv 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. 13 For such men [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 [It is] not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. [Their] end will correspond to their actions.

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