2 Corinthians 2:11

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so that we may not be exploited by Satan(for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
  • Luke 22:31 : 31 “Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down. 11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:14 : 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
  • Eph 6:11-12 : 11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
  • 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
  • Rev 2:24 : 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching(who have not learned the so-called“deep secrets of Satan”), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.
  • John 13:2 : 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, that he should betray Jesus.
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  • 1 Chr 21:1-2 : 1 The Lord Sends a Plague against Israel An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. 2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army,“Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.”
  • Job 1:11 : 11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
  • Job 2:3 : 3 Then the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
  • Job 2:9 : 9 Then his wife said to him,“Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”
  • Zech 3:1-4 : 1 Vision Four: The Priest Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 The LORD said to Satan,“May the LORD rebuke you, Satan! May the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?” 3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel. 4 The angel spoke up to those standing all around,“Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua,“I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing.”
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

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  • Eph 6:11-13
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    11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

    12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

    13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

  • 12 Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

  • 26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.

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    3 For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

    4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments

  • 18 For we wanted to come to you(I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.

  • 10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him– for indeed what I have forgiven(if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

  • 14 So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

  • 27 Do not give the devil an opportunity.

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    12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

    13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

    14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

    15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

  • 4 I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.

  • 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • 7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me– so that I would not become arrogant.

  • 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

  • 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

  • 8 Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

  • 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

  • 2 not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

  • 2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.

  • 17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

  • 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

  • 4 Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

  • 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

  • 5 For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–

  • 12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

  • 27 But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

  • 2 But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

  • 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

  • 17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

  • 6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

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    12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

    13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

  • 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

  • 20 We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

  • 8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

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    5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

    6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

  • 15 You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.

  • 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

  • 2 in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

  • 10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

  • 17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

  • 11 The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

  • 7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.