2 Corinthians 2:11
lest Satan should overreach us; for we know his devices.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
In Context
12Moreover, when I came to Troas in announcing the Messiah, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
Cross References
Luke 22:31And Jesus said to Simon: Simon, lo, Satan hath desired to sift thee, as wheat:
Acts 1:25that he should take part in this ministry and legateship, from which Judas broke away, that he might go to his own place.
2 Corinthians 4:4to them whose minds the God of this world hath blinded, in order that they might not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of the Messiah (who is the likeness of God) should 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 →