2 CORINTHIANS 11:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.”
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough — Paul identifies the threat: false apostles preach *heteros*, another (different kind of) Jesus; offer *heteron pneuma*, different spirit; a *heteron euangelion*, different gospel. The Corinthians' *anochē*, forbearance, toward these *pseudoapostoloi*, false apostles, is precisely their vulnerability.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:4
“If he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different Spirit which you did not receive, or a different Gospel which you did not accept, you do well to bear with him.” And he does not say, 'Lest by any means as Adam was deceived.' but shows that those men are but women who are thus abused, for it is the part of woman to be deceived. And he did not say, 'so you also should be deceived.' but keeping up the metaphor, he says, “so your…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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