2 Corinthians 2:11
That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
In Context
12And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,
Cross References
Job 1:11But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.
Job 2:5gut put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt gee that he will bless thee to thy face.
Zechariah 3:1And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan stood on his right hand to be his adversary.
Luke 22:31And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Acts 1:25To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.
2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not 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 →