For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ

2 Corinthians 11:1-15

I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 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 easily enough.

I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine. Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

Paul engages in some mock boasting of his own, tongue-in-cheek, to shame his converts and opponents. He relates the vision and revelation God has given him but says he can not tell then what he heard or saw.

Why?

Paul explained and asked people in Corinthian to keep the original accepted gospel, which belongs to one husband, to Christ. There are some false teachers, who preached different spirits, and don't like Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning.

Paul may be untrained as a speaker, but he does have knowledge. Paul did everything to them and did not give any burden to the Corinthian church. 

It is the judgment: Their end will be what their actions deserve.

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教會內認為保羅沒有收費來教他們表示保羅沒有料，不是使徒。保羅為什麼不收費，自居卑微，使哥林多教會的人高昇，即得福音。不要讓人家以為信福音要付費。保羅收了別的教會的奉獻來這裏服務。所有在生活、福音事工的費用都是馬其頓教會補足，為了不使哥林多教會的人增加負擔。有人認為保羅沒有收他們的奉獻，關係不好。當時許多人不僅支用教會奉獻，甚至於斂財。保羅希望和他們一樣，保羅破壞行情。保羅就是不拿，人即使做對的事一樣有人攻擊，惡人把別人的善扭曲為惡，做錯的事反而變成善的事、合理化。大家都這樣做，我就和大家一樣，社會上許多人做錯事卻說成這是歷史的共業！光照亮我們的黑暗，我們就不在黑暗裏。

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How?

Trust in the Lord and obey God's word following the way of Jesus Christ. Our end will be what our actions deserve.