But I fear lest as the (A)serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be [a]corrupt from the simplicity that is in [b]Christ:

[c]For if he that cometh, preacheth [d]another Jesus whom we have not preached: or if ye receive another spirit whom ye have not received: either another Gospel which ye have not received, ye might well have suffered him.

Verily I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chief Apostles.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:3 This place is to be marked against them which loathe that plain and pure simplicity of the Scriptures, in comparison of the colors and paintings of man’s eloquence.
  2. 2 Corinthians 11:3 Which is meet for them that are in Christ.
  3. 2 Corinthians 11:4 He showeth that they deceive themselves, if they look to receive of any other man, either a more excellent Gospel, or more excellent gifts of the holy Ghost.
  4. 2 Corinthians 11:4 A more perfect doctrine of Jesus Christ.

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