# 408 – Be Not Ignorant Of His Devices
II Corinthians 2:1-14, 2:11, 1:13-16, 2:23-24,
I Corinthians 5:1, Colossians 2:13-15, Acts 10:38, I John 4:4-21
Noēma
Found in the NT a total of 6 times: mind 4x, device 1x, thought 1x.
noema - The product of the action of the mind (nous),
That which is thought out, excogitated; purpose.
(A plan of action to be followed)
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
II CORINTHIANS 2:11
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which vail is done away in Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 3:14
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
II CORINTHIANS 4:4
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
II CORINTHIANS 10:5
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.
II CORINTHIANS 11:3
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS 4:7
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
CORINTHIANS 2:6
punishment = epitimia - found in the NT once. Only here.
epitimia - the enjoyment of all civil rights and privileges spoken of the estimate fixed by a judge on the infringent of civil rights and citizenship; then, penalty, judicial infliction.