⁵ In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

¹⁰ and with all wicked deception for ^(A)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

^11 (A)Put on ^(B)the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against ^(C)the schemes of the devil.

¹³ For such men are ^(A)false apostles, ^(B)deceitful workmen, ^(C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as ^(D)an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as ^(E)servants of righteousness. ^(F)Their end will correspond to their deeds.

¹¹ so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for ^(A)we are not ignorant of his designs.

²⁶ Then ^(A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and ^(B)Shebnah, and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in ^(C)Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” ²⁷ But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?”

²⁸ Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!