false apostle
Pseudapostolos identifies men presented as deceptive claimants to apostolic status in 2 Corinthians 11:13.
The attested use identifies a plural group characterized as deceptive workers who present themselves as apostles of Christ in 2 Corinthians 11:13.
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Deceptive claimants to apostolic status · dominant
In 2 Corinthians 11:13, the nominative plural form names “such men” in the clause that also calls them deceitful workers and says they are disguising themselves as apostles of Christ; the APB renders the verse “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 11:13, the APB presents the group as “false apostles” within a description of deceitful workers disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. The term's precise English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond that clause context.