2 Corinthians 2:11
So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
In Context
12Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
Cross References
Job 1:11But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.
Job 2:5But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
Zechariah 3:1And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.
Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:
Acts 1:25To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
2 Corinthians 4:4Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on 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 →