📖WEB · 2 Corinthians 11:12
What does 2 Corinthians 11:12 mean?
"But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we."
— 2 Corinthians 11:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
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