2 Corinthians 11:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 1:8 : 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.
  • Gen 3:1-5 : 1 Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden? 2 And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you. 4 And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: 5 For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
  • Matt 4:1-9 : 1 Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One. 2 And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it. 3 And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread. 4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, 6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. 8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; 9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship. 10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

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    15 So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 2:9-11
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    9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

    10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

    11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

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

  • Rev 16:14
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    14 For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

  • Luke 10:18
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    18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.

  • Eph 6:11-12
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    11 Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

    12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

  • Matt 4:11
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    11 Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

  • Gal 1:6-8
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    6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

    7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

    8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.

  • Luke 11:15
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    15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

  • 2 Cor 11:3-4
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    3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

    4 For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

  • Col 2:18
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    18 Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

  • Luke 11:18-19
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    18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

    19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

  • Rom 1:23
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    23 And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

  • 1 Tim 5:15
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    15 For even now some are turned away to Satan.

  • Luke 11:35
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    35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

  • Mark 3:23
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    23 And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

  • Rev 13:13-14
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    13 And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.

    14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.

  • 2 Thess 2:3-4
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    3 Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

    4 Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.

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    24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

  • Acts 13:10
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    10 O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

  • 2 Tim 3:13
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    13 Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

  • Rom 12:2
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    2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

  • Matt 12:26
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    26 And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

  • Mark 13:21-22
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    21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

    22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

  • Rev 12:9
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    9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Luke 4:5-6
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    5 And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

    6 And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

  • 2 Tim 2:26
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    26 And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7 Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

  • 1 John 3:8
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    8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

  • 1 Tim 3:6
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    6 Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

  • Job 2:1
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    1 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

  • Matt 4:8-9
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    8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

    9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

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    11 Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.

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    14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?