2 CORINTHIANS 11:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”
It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve — if Satan *transforms*, the *hupērétai autou*, servants of Satan, necessarily *metaschēmatízō*, appear as *servants of righteousness*. Yet *their end* (*telos*) will be measured by *their actions* (*ta erga autōn*): judgment is *proportional*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:15
“And no marvel; for if even Satan fashions himself into an angel of light, is it a great thing if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness?” So that if one ought to marvel, this is what he ought to marvel at, and not at their transformation. For when their teacher dares do anything, no marvel that the disciples also follow. But what is “an angel of light?” That has free liberty to speak, that stands near to God. For there are also angels of…
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