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title: 2 Corinthians 11:4
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markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/2-corinthians-11-4.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: 2 Corinthians 11:4
testament: NT
section: Letters
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
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# 2 Corinthians 11:4

## Text (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.

## JW Usage

"For if someone comes and preaches a Jesus other than the one we preached, or if you receive a spirit other than what you received, or a good news other than what you accepted" is cited by JWs against "Christendom" — trinitarianism is framed as "another Jesus," and the mainstream Christian gospel as "another good news." On this reading, the Watchtower is the one holding fast to the first-century apostolic Jesus against the pagan-influenced corrupted Jesus of post-Constantinian Christianity.

## Protestant Usage

Apply Paul's test in both directions — then look carefully at which Jesus is being preached. Paul's Jesus is the one through whom and for whom all things were created (Colossians 1:16, NWT); who holds all things together; who is the exact representation of God's being (Hebrews 1:3, NWT); who is rightly addressed in prayer by Stephen, Paul, and John; who is worshipped by the Lamb-on-the-throne of Revelation 5:13-14. That is the Jesus of first-century apostolic Scripture.
The Watchtower's Jesus is Michael the Archangel — a created creature, the "firstborn of all creation" read as "first *among* creation" rather than "ranking *over* all creation." This is a genuinely different Christology from what Paul preached. 2 Corinthians 11:4 is the test: the Jesus who creates and is worshipped, or the Jesus who is an angel? Paul's rule, read fairly, cuts in one direction.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [The Angel from Heaven](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/angel-from-heaven.md) — Galatians 1:8 — Three-Way Angel Parallel [Deity of Christ]