2 Corinthians 11:15

οὐ μέγα οὖν εἰ. Comp. μέγα εἰ ἠμεῖς ὑμῶν τὰ σαρκικὰ θερίσομεν; (1 Corinthians 9:11): μέγα μοί ἐστιν εἴ ἔτι ὁ υἱός μου Ἰωσὴφ ζῇ (Genesis 45:28).

εἰ καὶ οἱ διάκονοι αὐτοῦ μετασχηματίζονται ὡς διάκονοι δικαιοσύνης. If his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness. The A.V. again inserts the article. They claimed to be ministers of righteousness as being champions of the Law, and insinuated that Paul was a minister of unrighteousness, whose repudiation of the Law encouraged immorality.

ὦν τὸ τέλος ἔσται κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν. The R.V. is probably right in placing a colon at δικαιοσύνης and making this an independent statement: ὦν τὸ κρὶμα ἔνδικόν ἐστιν (Romans 3:8): ὦν τὸ τέλος� (Philippians 3:9): ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ (2 Timothy 4:14). For the doctrine comp. 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6 ff. Quacunque specie se nunc efferant, detrahitur tandem schema (Bengel).