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Verse 2 Corinthians 2:11. _LEST SATAN SHOULD GET AN ADVANTAGE_] If
the man who has given sufficient proof of the sincerity of his
repentance be not restored, he may be overwhelmed with sorrow, and
si...
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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 great adversary of God and man.
SHOULD GET AN ADVANTAGE...
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3. HIS DEEP EXERCISE CONCERNING THEM. YET OVERCOMING.
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Burden of his Soul. (2 Corinthians 2:1 .)_
2. Concerning the Brother who had been Disciplined. (2 Corinthians 2:5
.)
3. Over...
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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
referred to is the same as the wrong-doer of 1 Corinthians...
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WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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If anyone has caused grief, it is not I whom he has grieved, but to
some extent--not to overstress the situation--all of you. To such a
man the punishment that has been imposed by the majority is
suff...
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SATAN, &c. Literally should be overreached _(Greek. pleonekteo._ Here,
2Co 7:2. 2 Corinthians 12:17; 2 Corinthians 12:18; 1 Thessalonians
4:6)
BY (Greek. _hupo_, as
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_Lest Satan should get an advantage of us_ See note on 1 Corinthians
5:10. The word signifies (1) to have more, (2) to be greedy, and hence
(3) to overreach, to defraud.
_devices_ The word properly me...
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ἽΝΑ ΜῊ ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΗΘΩ͂ΜΕΝ ὙΠῸ ΤΟΥ͂
ΣΑΤΑΝΑ͂. THAT WE BE NOT OVERREACHED BY SATAN. Comp. 2
Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:17-18; 1 Thessalonians 4:6. Here
only is the verb used in the passive. T
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5–11. Having vindicated himself with regard to the charge of levity
(2 Corinthians 1:15 to 2 Corinthians 2:4), he now goes on to vindicate
his treatment of the grievous offender. It used to be assumed...
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_LEST SATAN GET AN ADVANTAGE 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5-11:_ Paul realized that
he was not the only one that had been made to feel bad by the
fornicator in the church. Here Paul does not mention specifically t...
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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 and his agency: yet is he the
most formidable adversary...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Discord (2 Corinthians 2:1-11)
2 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2For if
I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The One Who Caused Sorrow
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 2:5-11. But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused
sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you
all...
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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
Satan'-namely, by letting one member be lost to us thro...
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21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct
figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and
priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
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_(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 he wrote before. He then speaks of one man who
has cau...
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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 forgiveness at all, and I forgive in the spirit of Christ....
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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 gone from Ephesus to Troas on the coast of Asia
Minor a...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 2
CH1V23 God is my witness. I did not return to Corinth in order to
save you from a difficult situation. V24 We are not t...
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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 Tempt...
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CHAPTER 6
CHURCH DISCIPLINE.
2 Corinthians 2:5 (R.V)
IN verses 5-11 2 Corinthians 2:5 of this Epistle, St. Paul said a
great deal about sorrow, the sorrow he felt on the one hand, and the
sorrow he...
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CHAPTER 5
A PASTOR'S HEART.
2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1 (R.V)
WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself
from the charge of levity and untrustworthiness by app...
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ἵνα μὴ πλεονεκτηθῶμεν κ. τ. λ.: _lest we,
sc._, you and I together, _be robbed by Satan; i.e._, lest we drive
sinners to despair and so let Satan capture them from us. “The
offender was to be delivere...
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THE OFFENDER HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED: THE APOSTLE ACQUIESCES IN
THEIR REMISSION OF THE PENALTY OF 1 Corinthians 5:1-5....
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TENDER-HEARTED AND FORGIVING
2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1
In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in 1
Corinthians 5:1. His judgment had been strong
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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 many tears." Referring thus to his first letter,
Paul...
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DISCIPLINE THAT WORKED
Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth in an effort to
get them to change. Specifically, he was concerned that they were
tolerating sin. He directed them to withdr...
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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....
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In the name and in the person of Christ, I ordered him to be
excommunicated; in the same, I order him now to be re-admitted into
your communion, and this for your sake. We ought to take care that the...
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(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 glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? (3) And...
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_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
experience for any of us to doubt its reality. He is th...
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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 sorrow. For it is a most wicked (330) fraud of Satan, when
depr...
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But had there been any lightness in his decisions, since, as he now
informed them, he had intended to visit them on his way to Macedonia
(where he was at the moment of writing this letter), and then a...
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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 take every occasion, and make use of every advantage...
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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 bloodsucker,
that devoureth not widows' houses, but most men's...
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_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 much as mention his crime; but speaks of him in th...
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LEST SATAN SHOULD GET AN ADVANTAGE OF US; by leading them to be
needlessly severe, to the injury of the offender and of religion.
HIS DEVICES; in tempting men to sinful extremes. Satan is an artful
a...
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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. There
can be but little doubt that Paul is referring...
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The case of the notorious sinner:...
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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 reason delayed his visit. For his First Epistle was suc...
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5-11 The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done
wrong, again into their communion; for he was aware of his fault, and
much afflicted under his punishment. Even sorrow for sin should...
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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
church, which is concerned in the welfare or miscarria...
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that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not
ignorant of his devices. [There is a close correlation between verse
10 and 1 Corinthians 5:3. There Paul identified himself with the
c...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI
The Father, on the other hand, alone, without copulation, has produced
(an offspring). She wished to emulate the Father,[67]...
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2 Corinthians 2:11 lest G3363 Satan G5259 G4567 advantage G4122
(G5686) for G1063 not G3756 ignorant G50 ...
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‘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 of Christ, so that no advantage may be gained over u...
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2 Corinthians 2:11. THAT NO ADVANTAGE MAY BE GAINED OVER US BY SATAN;
FOR WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF HIS DEVICES. The personality and agency of
Satan (as Alford well remarks) could hardly be expressed mor...
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THAT NO ADVANTAGE MAY BE GAINED OVER US
(ινα μη πλεονεκτηθωμεν). First aorist passive
subjunctive after ινα μη (negative purpose) of
πλεονεκτεω, old verb from πλεονεκτης, a covetous
man (1 Corinthia...
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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 endeavours
to substitute anything else, no matter what,...
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CONTENTS: Forgiving those who have fallen into sin. The ministry of
the Christian.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus, an erring brother, Satan.
CONCLUSION: When a brother is truly penitent for hi...
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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 offender, a man no doubt much known in the city, had la...
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TO KEEP SATAN FROM. "A harsh, unforgiving spirit, will allow Satan to
get an upper hand over us! Satan, making us think it is a matter of
duty and loyalty, tempts us to adopt harsh measures, to drive...
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_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 ignorant of his devices.
We know them, what they are, whe...
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_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 interest of its own to guard i it is
bound to protest...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5 The majority in Corinth had
expressed their repentance by punishing the leader of the rebellion
against Paul. Paul now calls them to follow his own Christlike e...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11 Satan’s DESIGNS are to
destroy the mutual forgiveness, love, and unity that is to
characterize God’s people (see...
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CHAPTER 2
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He declares that he had not come to them through fear of causing
sadness to himself and to them.
II. He exhorts them (ver. 6) to re-admit the fornicator, on his...
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_Lest Satan should get an advantage over us._ Lest we be deceived, and
lest that fornicator be, by excessive severity, driven by Satan to
despair. The Greek verb means, lest we be seized unjustly, and...
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_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
MYSELF.—So R.V., meaning, “For m
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EXPOSITION
Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus
(2 Corinthians 2:1). Their treatment of the incestuous offender (2
Corinthians 2:5). His thankfulness at the news whi...
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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you
in heaviness (2 Corinthians 2:1).
"I wrote a heavy letter to you, but I was determined that I wasn't
going to come again in heavi...
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1 Chronicles 21:1; 1 Chronicles 21:2; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Peter 5:8;...
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us [ι ν α μ η π λ ε ο
ν ε κ τ η θ ω μ ε ν υ π ο τ ο υ σ α τ α ν α].
Lit., in order that we be not made gain of, or overreached, by Satan.
Rev., that no advantage...
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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 loss of one soul is a common loss....