2 Corinthians 2

Treated in 14 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 2:11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 7
  • 2:14 But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. 4
  • 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. 1
  • 2:7 so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. 1
  • 2:17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Cor. 2:4

    …ks of his dear love to them, 2 Cor. 12:19, Phil. 4:1, 2 Tim. 1:2; of his "abundant love," 2 Cor. 2:4; and of his "affectionate and tender love," as of a nurse towards her children, 1 Thess. …

  2. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

    The Devices of Satan cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    …as we give it to them! The apostle Paul declared that we are not ignorant of his devices (2 Corinthians 2:11), but unfortunately that is just not true for the majority of believers today! The Devil’…

  3. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Governors should be tender of weak ones, and also private Christians cites 2 Cor. ii. 7

    …r edification, not destruction. How careful was St. Paul, that the incestuous Corinthian, 2 Cor. ii. 7, repenting should not be swallowed up with too much grief, As for civil magistrates, they…

  4. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

    A Covenant People cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    … from the Lord - He is not the author of sickness, but I have given the devil a foothold (2 Corinthians 2:11), and he certainly knows how to manipulate such footholds for his advantage! Praying for …

  5. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Satan’s Devices cites 2 Cor. 2:11

    Sermon 42 Satan’s Devices “We are not ignorant of his devices.” 2 Cor. 2:11. 1. The devices whereby the subtle god of this world labours to destroy the children of G…

  6. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Stand: Spiritual Warfare and Victory cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    …hat no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians 2:11, ASV). The device in context is not a dramatic manifestation; it is a church mishandling …

  7. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    Stand Firm cites 2 Cor 2:11

    …forgive, so he wouldn’t give Satan an advantage ‘for we are not ignorant of his tactics’ (2 Cor 2:11). Earlier in Ephesians, he exhorted us not to ‘let the sun go down on our wrath lest we g…

  8. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites 2 Cor. ii. 11

    … that is weary. St. Paul was versed in temptations. “We are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Cor. ii. 11). Thus he was able to acquaint others with Satan’s cursed wiles (1 Cor. x. 13). A man tha…

  9. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Three Kinds of Faith cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    … in the world” (1 John 4:4). Paul could rightly say , “I am not ignorant of his tactics” (2 Corinthians 2:11). How many of us can say the same? The young man can, “for he is strong, and the Word of …

  10. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites 2 Cor. 2:14

    …the truth in the law." The latter is often represented by relishing, smelling, or tasting 2 Cor. 2:14, "Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and maketh ma…

  11. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Scripturalness of This Life cites 2 Cor. 2:14

    …s of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, .” The fulfillment of this is in 2 Cor. 2:14, wh ere the apostle cries, “ But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in trium…

  12. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites 2 Cor 2: 14

    …ive us the ‘savour of his knowledge,’ that we may relish a sweetness in the word we read. 2 Cor 2: 14. David tasted it as ‘sweeter than the honeycomb.’ Psa 19: 10. Let us pray that God would …

  13. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Breaking of the Outer Man cites 2 Corinthians 2:14

    …mph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place” (2 Corinthians 2:14, ASV). Nee sometimes used fragrance as a picture of ministry. Perfume fills a room quietl…

  14. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Corrupting the Word of God cites 2 Cor. 2:17

    …word of God: But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” 2 Cor. 2:17. [1.] Many have observed, that nothing conduces more to a Preacher’s success with those t…