2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
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11So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
Cross References
Acts 16:8And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Acts 20:8And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.
1 Corinthians 16:9For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
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 →