2 Corinthians 11:3

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2 Corinthians 11:3

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Summary

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

I fear

Philippians 3:18

As

Revelation 20:2

So

The simplicity

2 Corinthians 1:12

Romans 12:8

Romans 16:18

General references

Bible References

I fear

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Rage seizes me because of the wicked
who reject Your instruction.

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

As

“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman.

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan,

the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan,

and bound him for 1,000 years.

So

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

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.

False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

Grace be with all who have undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach different doctrine

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard, “Antichrist is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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.

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan,

the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

The simplicity

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites.

They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

General references

You adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!

For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.

I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.