2 Corinthians 2:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lest Satan - The devil. The name Satan denotes an adversary, an accuser, an enemy. It is the usual proper name which is given to the devil, the g...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his (i) devices. (i) Of his mischievous counsel and devilish will.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Someone in the congregation at Corinth who had done wrong is now to be forgiven. There are still some scholars who think that the person here referre...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Satan, &c. Literally should be overreached (Greek. pleonekteo. Here, 2Co 7:2. 2 Corinthians 12:17 ; 2 Corinthians 12:18 ; 1 Thessalonians...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. That we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. This may be viewed as referring to what he had said previously respecting excessive sorr...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2003 THE DEVICES OF SATAN EXPOSED 2 Corinthians 2:11 . We are not ignorant of his devices . MEN in general think but little of Satan...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Lest Satan should get an advantage - If the man who has given suffi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Literally, 'That we may have no advantage gained over us by...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 2:8-13. The Object and Results of the severe Letter The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the object of the letter...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'I forgive any one whom you forgive; for I have no personal feeling in the matter, and it is only for your sakes that I speak of forgiv...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Get an advantage ] by the man being lost to Christ, or by the estrangement of the Apostle and the Corinthians; perhaps both. 12, 13. St. Paul had...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 CHURCH DISCIPLINE. 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 (R.V) IN verses 5-11 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 of this Epistle, St. Paul said a great deal abou...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tender-hearted and Forgiving 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of heart," and "with ma...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. (2) For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me gl...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SATAN’S DEVICES ‘We are not ignorant of his devices.’ 2 Corinthians 2:11 The personality of Satan is a fact too well established in our own...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us ,.... Or make gain of us, or we should be circumvented by him; a metaphor taken from covetous persons, who...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Ver. 11. Lest Satan ] That wily merchant, that greedy bloodsuck...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sufficient to such a man With what remarkable tenderness does the apostle treat this offender! He never once mentions his name, nor does he here so...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and for this reas...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Case of the Incestuous Person. A. D. 57. 5...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; As I have done it in kindness to you, so I have also done it for the advantage both of that person, who is so forgiven, and of your whole ch...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But to whom you forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the presence o...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( N.B .— The paragraph really begins at 2 Corinthians 1:23 .) 2 Corinthians 1:1 . Determined .—As in 1 Corinthians 2:2 . For...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:11 I. Satan endeavours to keep men from Christ, knowing well that the spiritual life will not thrive on anything but Christ; he en...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:1 . But I determined that I would not come again to you in heaviness; but rather wait till the late scandal should subside. The of...
The Biblical Illustrator

But if any have caused grief The aim of Church discipline is in the last resort the restoration of the fallen. The Church has, of course, an...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Satan’s devices We who “are called to be saints” are not igno...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus ( 2 Corinthians 2:1-47 ). Their treatment of the incestuous of...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The case of the notorious sinner:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

lest Satan should get an advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. This paragraph is a model of loving, pastoral tact and delicacy....
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lest Satan — To whom he had been delivered, and who sought to destroy not only his flesh, but his soul also. Get an advantage over us — For the los...

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 2:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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