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11 Why? aBecause I do not love you? God knows!  
12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, athat I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.  
13 For such aare false apostles, bdeceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.  
14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into aan angel of light.  
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, awhose end will be according to their works.  

Reluctant Boasting

16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.
17 What I speak, aI speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.  
18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
19 For you put up with fools gladly, asince you yourselves are wise!  
20 For you put up with it aif one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.  
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What Does 2 Corinthians 11:13 Mean?

False apostles proclaim Christ yet reflect an anti-Christ spirit that deceives through preaching. This spirit appears in the absence of submission to the doctrines and government of God. Religion bears responsibility for offering moral, spiritual, and ethical guidance to man. Without recognition of the spirit in false preaching, people reflect the evil spirit present.




2 Corinthians 11:13-14

The spirit will be reflected in the preaching: It will be anti-Christ even though it proclaims Christ, which is really deceptive. The "anti" part will be revealed in a lack of submission to the doctrines or to the government of God.

This is very serious. God gave religion the responsibility to give moral, spiritual, and ethical guidance to man. If mankind does not realize the spirit behind the false preaching, he will naively reflect the evil spirit that is there.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Right Use of Power

Related Topics: Antichrist | Ethical Guidance | Evil Spirits | False Gospel | False Preaching | False Religion | God's Government | Government of God | Preaching | Submission to God | Submission to God's Will




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 2 Corinthians 11:13:

Deuteronomy 13:1-5
Job 32:8
Matthew 13:24-30
Matthew 13:38
Matthew 24:45-51
Luke 13:14
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Jude 1:4
Jude 1:12


 
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