2 Corinthians 2:11

lest an advantage should be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10Whom you forgive any thing, I forgive it also: for what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven any thing, I have forgiven for your sake, in the person of Christ,

12And when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of the Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,

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Cross References

Luke 22:31And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded you apostles for himself, that he may sift you as wheat.

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

2 Corinthians 4:4whose unbelieving minds the god of this age has darkened, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine to 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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