2 Corinthians 2:11
Good News Translation
in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand over us; for we know what his plans are.

New Revised Standard Version
And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

Contemporary English Version
I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.

New American Bible
so that we might not be taken advantage of by Satan, for we are not unaware of his purposes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

2 Corinthians 11:3,14 But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ. . . .

1 Chronicles 21:1,2 And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel. . . .

Job 1:11 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face.

Job 2:3,5,9 And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause. . . .

Zechariah 3:1-4 And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan stood on his right hand to be his adversary. . . .

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

John 13:2 And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him),

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

1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

Ephesians 6:11,12 Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. . . .

2 Timothy 2:25 With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth;

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Revelation 2:24 And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have not this doctrine and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say: I will not put upon you any other burthen.

Revelation 12:9-11 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him. . . .

Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the beginning of the world.

Context
Reaffirm Your Love
10And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ: 11That we be not overreached by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his devices. 12And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,…
Cross References
Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

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

2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.

1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

2 Corinthians 2:10
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