2 Corinthians 11:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³ But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ But [now] I am fearful, lest that even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, so your minds may be corrupted and seduced from wholehearted and sincere and pure devotion to Christ. [Gen. 3:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ But I’m afraid that your minds might be seduced in the same way as the snake deceived Eve with his devious tricks. You might be unable to focus completely on a genuine and innocent commitment to Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted, and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.

English Standard Version 2016

³ But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:3 Cross References

Genesis 3:1

However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?"

Genesis 3:13

And the Lord God said to the woman, "Why have you done this?" And she responded, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:20

And Adam called the name of his wife, 'Eve,' because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:4

Then the serpent said to the woman: "By no means will you die a death.

Matthew 24:24

For there will arise false Christs and false prophets. And they will produce great signs and wonders, so much so as to lead into error even the elect (if this could be).

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Romans 12:8

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not being burned?

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:2

For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.

Galatians 1:6

I wonder that you have been so quickly transferred, from him who called you into the grace of Christ, over to another gospel.

Galatians 2:4

but only because of false brothers, who were brought in unknowingly. They entered secretly to spy on our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might reduce us to servitude.

Galatians 3:1

O senseless Galatians, who has so fascinated you that you would not obey the truth, even though Jesus Christ has been presented before your eyes, crucified among you?

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.

Ephesians 4:14

So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error.

Ephesians 4:22

to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,

Ephesians 6:24

May grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ, unto incorruption. Amen.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,

Colossians 2:4

Now I say this, so that no one may deceive you with grandiose words.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason also, I was not willing to wait any longer, and I sent to find out about your faith, lest perhaps he who tempts may have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.

1 Timothy 1:3

Now I asked you to remain at Ephesus, while I went into Macedonia, so that you would speak strongly against certain ones who have been teaching a different way,

1 Timothy 2:14

And Adam was not seduced, but the woman, having been seduced, was in transgression.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and deceivers will advance in evil, erring and sending into error.

Titus 1:10

For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.

2 Peter 3:17

But since you, brothers, know these things beforehand, be cautious, lest by being drawn into the error of the foolish, you may fall away from your own steadfastness.

2 Peter 3:3

Know this first: that in the last days there will arrive deceitful mockers, walking according to their own desires,

1 John 2:18

Little sons, it is the last hour. And, as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have arrived. By this, we know that it is the last hour.

1 John 4:1

Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Jude 1:4

For certain men entered unnoticed, who were written of beforehand unto this judgment: impious persons who are transforming the grace of our God into self-indulgence, and who are denying both the sole Ruler and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 12:15

And the serpent sent out from his mouth, after the woman, water like a river, so that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

Revelation 12:9

And he was thrown out, that great dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world. And he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

Revelation 20:2

And he apprehended the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and he bound him for a thousand years.