¹³ For such ^(A)are false apostles, ^(B)deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

^2 (A)“I know your works, your labor, your ^[a]patience, and that you cannot ^[b]bear those who are evil. And ^(B)you have tested those ^(C)who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

^2 (A)Beware of dogs, beware of ^(B)evil workers, ^(C)beware of the mutilation!

^7 (A)which is not another; but there are some ^(B)who trouble you and want to ^(C)pervert^[a] the gospel of Christ.

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4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but ^(A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because ^(B)many false prophets have gone out into the world.

⁴ And this occurred because of ^(A)false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our ^(B)liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, ^(C)that they might bring us into bondage),

³⁰ Also ^(A)from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking ^[a]perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

^20 (A)Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and ^(B)those who worshiped his image. ^(C)These two were cast alive into the lake of fire ^(D)burning with brimstone.

⁸ Beware lest anyone ^[a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to ^(A)the tradition of men, according to the ^(B)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.