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2 Corinthians 11:4
2 Corinthians 11:4 is verse 4 of 2 Corinthians chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
King James Version
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
World English Bible
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
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2 Corinthians 11:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
5 I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
6 Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 12:4There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:5There are different ministries, but the same Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
1 Corinthians 12:7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
Galatians 3:2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
Ephesians 4:5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Galatians 1:7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!