2 Corinthians 2:11
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
New Heart English 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 came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
Cross References
Job 1:11But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
Job 2:5But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
Zechariah 3:1He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
Luke 22:31"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and office of apostle from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."
2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to prevent the light shining from the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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 →