2 Corinthians 11:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
φοβέω
I am afraid
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φοβέω
To fear, to be afraid, to reverence. Phobeo. Do not fear those who kill the body. Fear God and nothing else needs to be feared. He holds what every other fear threatens.
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ὄφις
serpent
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ὄφις
A serpent, a snake. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so the Son of Man must be lifted up. The bronze serpent was a shadow of the cross.
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φθείρω
may be corrupted
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φθείρω
properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)
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νόημα
minds
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νόημα
A thought, a purpose, a scheme. We are not unaware of Satan's schemes. Knowing the enemy's tactics is part of spiritual warfare. Stay alert.
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-πώς
perhaps
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-πώς
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
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πανουργία
craftiness
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πανουργία
adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry
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Εὖα
Eve
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Εὖα
Eua (or Eva, i.e. Chavvah), the first woman
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ἐξαπατάω
deceived
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ἐξαπατάω
to seduce wholly
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