Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their doom will match their deeds!

A Conservative Version

Therefore, it is no great thing if his helpers also disguise themselves as helpers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

American Standard Version

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

Amplified

So it is no great surprise if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, but their end will correspond with their deeds.

An Understandable Version

Therefore, it should not be surprising for Satan's ministers to disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their [final] end will be what they deserve for such actions.

Anderson New Testament

Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves so as to be like the ministers of righteousness; of such, the end shall be according to their works.

Bible in Basic English

So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

Common New Testament

Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.

Daniel Mace New Testament

therefore it is not strange if his agents are so disguised as to appear like ministers of the gospel; but their end shall be answerable to their actions.

Darby Translation

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Godbey New Testament

Then it is no great wonder if his ministers are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose, end shall be according to their works.

Goodspeed New Testament

So it is nothing strange if his servants also masquerade as servants of uprightness. But their doom will fit their actions.

John Wesley New Testament

Therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose ends shall be according to their works.

Julia Smith Translation

No great thing therefore if also his servants are transformed as servants of justice; whose end shall be according to their works.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore [it is] not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers fashion themselves as though they were the ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their deeds.

Moffatt New Testament

So it is no surprise if his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their doom will answer to their deeds.

Montgomery New Testament

It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.

NET Bible

Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

New Heart English Bible

It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Noyes New Testament

It is no great thing, then, if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Sawyer New Testament

It is no great thing, therefore, if his ministers transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

The Emphasized Bible

No great thing, therefore, if, his ministers also, are transfiguring themselves as ministers of righteousness! - whose end, shall be according to their works.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

It is no wonder therefore if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their works.

Twentieth Century New Testament

It is not surprising, therefore, if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of Righteousness. But their end will be in accordance with their actions.

Webster

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Weymouth New Testament

It is therefore no great thing for his servants also to disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be in accordance with their actions.

Williams New Testament

So it is no surprise if his servants also masquerade as ministers for doing right, whose doom shall be in accordance with what they do.

World English Bible

It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Worrell New Testament

It is no great thing, therefore, if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their works.

Worsley New Testament

It is therefore no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed into ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Youngs Literal Translation

no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness -- whose end shall be according to their works.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

it is no
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

his

Usage: 0

διάκονος 
Diakonos 
Usage: 24


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

μετασχηματίζω 
metaschematizo 
Usage: 5

as
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

the ministers
διάκονος 
Diakonos 
Usage: 24

δικαιοσύνη 
Dikaiosune 
Usage: 83

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

end
τέλος 
Telos 
Usage: 28

shall be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428


Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

Paul Defends His Apostleship

14 And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works. 16 I repeat: No one should consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool, so I too may boast a little.


Cross References

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness overflows with even more glory.

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”

Isaiah 9:14-15

So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,
palm branch and reed in a single day.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 23:14-15

Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom to Me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 28:15-17

The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 29:32

this is what the Lord says: I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be even one of his descendants living among these people, nor will any ever see the good that I will bring to My people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for he has preached rebellion against the Lord.”

Ezekiel 13:10-15

“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash,

Ezekiel 13:22

Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies, even though I have not caused him grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil way to save his life,

Matthew 7:15-16

“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:11

If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.

Galatians 1:8-9

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, a curse be on him!

Ephesians 6:12

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12

and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Peter 2:13-22

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

Jude 1:4

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Jude 1:10-13

But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.

Revelation 9:11

They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

Revelation 13:2

The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

Revelation 13:14

He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.

Revelation 19:19-21

Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against His army.

Revelation 20:2-3

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years.

Revelation 20:7-10

When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

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