2 CORINTHIANS 11:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.”
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ — the diagnosis is *explicit*: *pseudoapostoloi*, false apostles, *ergatai dolioí*, deceitful workers, who *metaschēmatízō*, transform/disguise, themselves as *apostoloi tou Christou*, apostles of Christ. They are *actors*, not *apostles*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:13
What do you say? They that preach Christ, they that take not money, they that bring not in a different gospel, “false apostles?” 'Yes,' he says, and for this very reason most of all, because they make pretense of all these things for the purpose of deceiving. “Deceitful workers,” for they do work indeed, but pull up what has been planted. For being well aware that otherwise they would not be well received, they take the mask of truth and so enact the drama of error. 'And…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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