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Selected Verse: 2 Corinthians 11:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Co 11:15 |
King James |
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
no great thing--no difficult matter.
if his ministers also--as well as himself.
righteousness--answering to "light" (Co2 11:14); the manifestation wherewith God reveals Himself in Christ (Mat 6:33; Rom 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 Phi 3:19, Phi 3:21).
according to their works--not according to their pretensions. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Therefore it is no great thing ... - It is not to be deemed surprising. You are not to wonder if people of the basest, blackest character put on the appearance of the greatest sanctity, and even become eminent as professed preachers of righteousness.
Whose end shall be ... - Whose final destiny. Their doom in eternity shall not be according to their fair professions and plausible pretences, for they cannot deceive God; but shall be according to their real character, and their works. Their work is a work of deception, and they shall be judged according to that. What revelations there will be in the day of judgment, when all impostors shall be unmasked, and when all hypocrites and deceivers shall be seen in their true colors! And how desirable is it that there should be such a day to disclose all beings in their true character, and forever to remove imposture and delusion from the universe! |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
righteousness
(See Scofield) - (Jo1 3:7). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Therefore it is no great, no strange, thing; whose end, notwithstanding all their disguises, shall be according to their works. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Whose end shall be according to their works - A bad way leads to a bad end. The way of sin is the way to hell. |
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.