Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
That no advantage may be gained over us (ina mh pleonekthqwmen). First aorist passive subjunctive after ina mh (negative purpose) of pleonektew, old verb from pleonekthv, a covetous man (1 Corinthians 5:10 f.), to take advantage of, to gain, to overreach. In N.T. only in 1 Thessalonians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:17 f. "That we may not be overreached by Satan."
His devices (autou ta nohmata). Nohma from noew to use the nouv is old word, especially for evil plans and purposes as here.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Corinthians 5:5
2 Corinthians 2:11
2 Corinthians 7:2
2 Corinthians 10:5
2 Corinthians 11:14
2 Corinthians 12:17
1 Timothy 1:20
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