2 Corinthians 2:11

for we are not ignorant of his devices.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:

12So that when I came to Troas on account of the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,

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Cross References

Luke 22:31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you my disciples, that he may sift you as wheat:

Acts 1:25to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.

2 Corinthians 4:4among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, doth not shine unto 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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