What is the 'another Jesus' that Paul warns about in 2 Corinthians 11:4?
Paul warns of a different Jesus than the one he preached—not the Jesus of the cross or resurrection power. This message comes with another spirit and another gospel. Paul says the Corinthians might bear with such a preacher, so the warning is against a rival Jesus, spirit, and gospel that corrupt minds from the simplicity in Christ.
Les explains II Corinthians 11:3-4 in light of Eve and the serpent. Just as the serpent beguiled Eve through subtlety, so minds can be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. If Eve symbolizes the Church, the Body of Christ, then Satan constantly attacks the Church because that is where he has his greatest opposition. In verse 4, the “another Jesus” is not the one of the cross and not the one in resurrection power. It is a Jesus Paul says they had not preached, and it is connected with another spirit and another gospel that the Corinthians had not received or accepted. Les warns that they might bear well with such a preacher, showing the danger of being neutralized by a rival message.
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
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What does Paul mean by 'another Jesus' in 2 Corinthians 11:4?
In 2 Corinthians 11:4, Paul's warning about 'another Jesus' refers to a Jesus other than the One who died for the sins of the world and rose in power and glory from the dead.