Isaiah 5:21

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Karen Brank, D. Min., LSW on October 24, 2012 at 3:28pm

Amen women of God in the book of Corinthians that I am reading this week Paul talks of false teachers and Apostles saying he was not a powerful speaker because they thought they spoke more eloquently than him but they were foolish because they did not but God in control they put their flesh first and their spirits second.

2 Corinthians 11:5-12:11

New International Version (NIV)

⁵ I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”^[a](A) 6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,^(B) but I do have knowledge.^(C) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.⁷ Was it a sin^(D) for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God^(E) to you free of charge?^(F) 8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them^(G) so as to serve you.⁹ And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed.^(H) I have kept myself from being a burden to you^(I) in any way, and will continue to do so. ¹⁰ As surely as the truth of Christ is in me,^(J) nobody in the regions of Achaia^(K) will stop this boasting^(L) of mine. ¹¹ Why? Because I do not love you? God knows^(M) I do!^(N)

¹² And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. ¹³ For such people are false apostles,^(O) deceitful^(P) workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.^(Q) 14 And no wonder, for Satan^(R) himself masquerades as an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.^(S)