2 Corinthians 2:11
for fear Satan should gain an advantage over us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 22:31"Simon, Simon, I tell you that Satan has obtained permission to have all of you to sift as wheat is sifted.
Acts 1:25to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place."
2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the 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 →