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2 Corinthians 11:3

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

American Standard Version

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.

Geneva Bible 1599

But I feare least as the serpent beguiled Eue through his subtiltie, so your mindes shoulde be corrupt from the simplicitie that is in Christ.

Darby Translation

But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, [so] your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.

Young's Literal Translation

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that [is] in the Christ;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“I fear”

Galatians 1:6 Galatians 3:1 Galatians 4:11 2 Corinthians 11:29 Psalm 119:53 2 Corinthians 12:20

Galatians 1:6 · BSB

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Galatians 3:1 · BSB

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

Galatians 4:11 · BSB

I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

2 Corinthians 11:29 · BSB

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

Psalm 119:53 · BSB

Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

2 Corinthians 12:20 · BSB

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

“as”

1 Timothy 2:14 Revelation 12:9 Genesis 3:13 John 8:44 Genesis 3:4 Revelation 20:2

1 Timothy 2:14 · BSB

And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

Revelation 12:9 · BSB

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Genesis 3:13 · BSB

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

Genesis 3:4 · BSB

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.

Revelation 20:2 · BSB

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

“so”

Colossians 2:8 Ephesians 4:14 1 John 4:1 Colossians 2:4 Hebrews 13:9 2 Corinthians 11:13–15

Colossians 2:8 · BSB

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

Ephesians 4:14 · BSB

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

1 John 4:1 · BSB

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Colossians 2:4 · BSB

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

Hebrews 13:9 · BSB

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

2 Corinthians 11:13–15 · BSB

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

“the simplicity”

2 Corinthians 1:12 Romans 12:8 Romans 16:18 Romans 16:19

2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of…

Romans 12:8 · BSB

if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

Romans 16:18 · BSB

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Romans 16:19 · BSB

Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

Also

1 Thessalonians 3:5

1 Thessalonians 3:5 · BSB

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

4For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

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