2 Corinthians 2:11

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

King James Version

In Context

10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

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Cross References

Job 1:11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 2:5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Zechariah 3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

Luke 22:31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Acts 1:25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:6-12

Case of the Incestuous Person. ( a. d. 57.) 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye… Read the whole commentary →

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