2nd Corinthians Chapter 2 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 2:11

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 2:11

So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 2:11

that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of *his* thoughts.
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 2:11

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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WEB 2ndCorinthians 2:11

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 2:11

that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Lest Satan should get an advantage over us; literally, lest we should be overreached by Satan, which would have been the case if our severity had resulted in the desperation of the offender, and not in his deliverance (comp. 1 Corinthians 5:5). We are not ignorant of his devices. So too in Ephesians 6:11 we are told of the "crafty wiles of the devil."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.--Literally, lest we should be cheated (or out-maneuvered) by Satan. The phraseology is that of one who is, as it were, playing a game against the Tempter, in which the souls of men are at once the counters and the stake. The Apostle's last move in that game had been to "give the sinner over to Satan" with a view to his ultimate deliverance. But what if Satan should outwit him, by tempting the sinner to despair or recklessness? To guard against that danger required, as it were, another move. Stratagem must be met by strategy. The man must be absolved that he may be able to resist the Tempter.We are not ignorant of his devices.--The language comes from a wide and varied experience. St. Paul had been buffeted by a messenger of Satan (2Corinthians 12:7); had once and again been hindered by him in his work (1Thessalonians 2:18); was ever wrestling, not with flesh and blood, but with principalities and powers (Ephesians 6:12); and so he knew how the Tempter could turn even the rules of an ascetic rigour, or the remorse of a sin-burdened conscience, into an occasion of yet further and more irremediable sin.