2 Corinthians 2:11
in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Majority Standard Bible
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 went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
Cross References
Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
Luke 22:31And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
Acts 1:25to receive a portion in this ministry and apostleship that Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not dawn upon 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 →