2 Corinthians 2:11

in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10But to whom you forgive anything, I do also: for indeed whatsoever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the face of Christ;

12And having come into Troas, for the gospel of Christ, and there being a door opened unto me in the Lord,

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Cross References

Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, behold, Satan sought you out, to sift you as wheat:

Acts 1:25to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.

2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine 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 →

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