2Cor 11:13-15 | JFB | STEP | 13. For-- reason why he is unwilling they should be thought like him [Bengel]. such-- they and those like them. false apostles-- those "overmuch apostles" (see on ) are no apostles at all. deceitful workers-- pretending to be "workmen" for the Lord, and really seeking their own gain.

‏ 2 Corinthians 11:13-15

13. For--reason why he is unwilling they should be thought like him [Bengel].

such--they and those like them.

false apostles--those "overmuch apostles" (see on 2Co 11:5) are no apostles at all.

deceitful workers--pretending to be "workmen" for the Lord, and really seeking their own gain.

14. is transformed--rather, "transforms himself" (compare Job 1:6); habitually; the first occasion of his doing so was in tempting Eve. "Himself" is emphatical: If their master himself, who is the "prince of darkness," the most alien to light, does so, it is less marvellous in the case of them who are his servants (Lu 22:54; Ep 6:12).

15. no great thing--no difficult matter.

if his ministers also--as well as himself.

righteousness--answering to "light" (2Co 11:14); the manifestation wherewith God reveals Himself in Christ (Mt 6:33; Ro 1:17).

end--The test of things is the end which strips off every specious form into which Satan's agents may now "transform" themselves (compare Php 3:19, 21).

according to their works--not according to their pretensions.