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Verse 2 Corinthians 10:4. _THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE_] The apostle
often uses the metaphor of a _warfare_ to represent the life and
trials of a Christian minister. See Ephesians 6:10; 1 Timothy 1:18...
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FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE - The means by which we hope to achieve
our victory.
ARE NOT CARNAL - Not those of the flesh. Not such as the people of the
world use. They are not such as are employed...
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III. THE APOSTLE'S SELF-DEFENSE AND VINDICATION. CHAPTER S 10-13
1. The Vindication of His Authority
CHAPTER 10
The apostle now turns to vindicate the authority, which he had
received from the Lord....
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A WARNING TO THOSE WHO MISUNDERSTAND AND MISREPRESENT PAUL. The
abruptness and emphasis of the opening words, as well as their want of
connexion with what precedes, are best explained on the hypothesi...
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It is I Paul who call upon you--and I am doing it in the gentleness
and the sweet reasonableness of Christ--I, who, as you say, am a poor
creature when I am with you, but a man of courage when I am ab...
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PAUL BEGINS TO ANSWER HIS CRITICS (2 Corinthians 10:1-6)...
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WEAPONS. Greek. _hoplon._ See 2 Corinthians 6:7.
WARFARE. Greek. _atrateia._ Only here and 1 Timothy 1:18.
CARNAL. Greek. _sarkikos._ See Romans 7:14 and...
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_carnal_ See note on 2 Corinthians 10:2. Also on 1 Corinthians 3:1.
_mighty through God_ Either (1) as in the text, or (2) mighty _to_God,
i.e. in His sight, or (3) mighty _for_God, i.e. on behalf of...
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ΣΤΡΑΤΕΊΑΣ (B) = στρατίας (אCDFG), not
στρατιᾶς. See Deissmann, _Bible Studies_, p. 181; Blass § 5.
4. Parenthetic proof of the truth of 2 Corinthians 10:3. If the
Apostle’s campaign were conducted on...
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_PAUL STATED HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1-6:_ False
teachers at Corinth accused Paul of being a coward when he was with
them and brave when he was far away from them. Paul wanted it
unde...
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DISCOURSE: 2037
EFFICACY OF THE GOSPEL
2 Corinthians 10:3. Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after
the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pul...
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FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE, &C.— What are the _carnal weapons,_
and those opposed to them, which he calls _mighty through God,_ may be
seen, if we read and compare 1 Corinthians 1:23 with the 2nd....
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Spiritual (2 Corinthians 10:1-6)
10 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of
ChristI who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you whe...
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(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Confutation of those who propagate their creed by persecution (cf.
Luke 9:54-42).
CARNA...
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5 God has no need. Gifts acceptable to Him must spring from a pure
motive is better not to give at all than to give with a heavy heart or
from an unworthy motive. Extortion, whether by appeals to prid...
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10:4 God (i-14) Or 'divinely powerful,' as a Hebraism; or 'in a divine
way', before God, in His view; bringing Him in; or 'through God.'
Moses was 'beautiful to God' or 'divinely beautiful' (Acts 7:20...
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CARNAL] RV 'of the flesh.' THROUGH GOD] RV 'before God.'...
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PARAPHRASE. 'We live in the flesh, and are subject to its weaknesses
and temptations, like others; but we are not prompted by fleshly
motives, such as dread of giving offence, or desire of popularity....
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(_B_) CHAPTER S 10-13. ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MINISTRY
As explained in the Introduction, this section is regarded as part of
the intermediate letter, referred to in 2 Corinthians 2:3 and 2
Corinthi...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 10
V1 I, Paul make an appeal to you by the *gentleness and kindness of
Christ. When I am with you, you suppose me to be w...
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FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE... — We learn from the earlier words
of 1 Thessalonians 5:8, yet more from the later ones of Ephesians
6:11, what these were — the energies of spiritual powers given by...
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CHAPTER 22
WAR.
2 Corinthians 10:1 (R.V)
THE last four Chapter s of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians stand
as manifestly apart as the two about the collection. A great deal too
much has been ma...
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HE BEGS THEM NOT TO FORCE HIM TO EXERT HIS AUTHORITY WITH SEVERITY
WHEN HE COMES. He first expresses the hope that their conduct will be
such as to admit of his being “meek and gentle” when he arrives...
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is an explanatory parenthesis, and the constr. of 2 Corinthians 10:5
is continuous with 2 Corinthians 10:3, the metaphor of the destruction
of the citadel being carried on....
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MIGHTY WITH SPIRITUAL WEAPONS
2 Corinthians 10:1
Paul here makes his defense. Some who resisted his authority spoke
disparagingly of his weak body and uneloquent speech. Why should they
yield so abso...
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Here begins the third division of the epistle, in which the writer
vindicates his authority. Here he seems to have more especially in
mind the minority who have been opposed to him. While walking in t...
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VERSE 4 All of Paul's power was from God and based on His word (1
Corinthians 4:19-21; 1 Corinthians 5:5). This is a possible reference
to the "crow" that was a great claw used to pull down stronghold...
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(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not (c) carnal, but mighty
through (d) God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
(c) Are not those weapons that men get authority over one another
with, and do g...
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Who in presence indeed am lowly. [1] Literally, humble, (see Luke i.
ver. 48.) that is, of a mean aspect, as to exterior appearances, and
my speech contemptible, without the ornaments of human eloquen...
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For the weapons, &c. The powers with which we are endowed will easily
overturn all obstacles, or fortifications which devils may raise
against us. They will easily refute the pride, the learning, and...
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(4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strongholds;) (5) Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
kno...
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2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the
Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong
contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
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_CHRISTIAN WARFARE_
‘Mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.’
2 Corinthians 10:4
There are times when the Gospel of Christ must assert itself as a
destructive power. Would we seek to...
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4._For the weapons of our warfare. _The warfare corresponds with the
kind of weapons. He glories in being furnished with _spiritual
_weapons. The warfare, accordingly, is _spiritual. _Hence it follows...
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The apostle returns to the subject which pre-occupied him his
connections with the Corinthians, and the truth of his apostleship,
which was questioned by those who seduced them, throwing contempt on
h...
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FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE,.... By "warfare" is here meant, not
that which is common to all believers, who are enlisted as volunteers
under the captain of their salvation, and fight his battles, a...
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(For the weapons of our warfare _are_ not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Ver. 4. _Are not carnal_] _i.e._ Weak, opposed here to mighty. The
flesh is weak as wate...
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_For the weapons of our warfare_ Those we use in this war; _are not
carnal_ But spiritual. As they were not aided in their endeavours to
Christianize the world by human power and authority, so neither...
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NOT CARNAL; not such as worldly and selfish men use or rely on for
success, as external force, wealth, talent, cunning, and fraud.
THROUGH GOD; by his power.
PULLING DOWN OF STRONG - HOLDS; overcomin...
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PAUL'S APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY.
Paul does not care to use his authority with severity:...
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(FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL, BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD
TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS,)...
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Though his First Epistle had had good effect upon "the many" at
Corinth, yet Paul finds it necessary, as led of the Spirit of God, to
earnestly press the serious matter of God's establishing him as an...
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THROUGH GOD:
Or, to God...
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1-6 While others thought meanly, and spake scornfully of the apostle,
he had low thoughts, and spake humbly of himself. We should be aware
of our own infirmities, and think humbly of ourselves, even...
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As our end is spiritual, so are our means; the means by which we
manage our spiritual fight are spiritual. Whether by these WEAPONS he
meaneth the word of God, and his preaching the gospel, or the cen...
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(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty
before God to the casting down of strongholds) ;...
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Tertullian On Idolatry
war, nay, how will he serve even in peace, without a sword, which the
Lord has taken away?[157]...
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2 Corinthians 10:4 For G1063 weapons G3696 our G2257 warfare G4752 not
G3756 carnal G4559 but G235 mighty G14
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‘For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the
flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty
before God to the casting down of strongholds, casting down
imag...
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2 Corinthians 10:3-4 . FOR THOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH, WE DO NOT WAR
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH (FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT OF THE
FLESH, BUT MIGHTY BEFORE GOD (in God's estimation) TO THE CA...
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THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
(τα οπλα της στρατειας). Στρατεια (old word,
in N.T. only here and 1 Timothy 1:18) isCAMPAIGN
and not army as some MSS. have (στρατια). But both
στρατεια and στρατια occ...
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CONTENTS: Vindication of Paul's apostleship, and his appeal to
Corinthians as brethren in Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The servants of Christ should be sensible of their own
inf...
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2 Corinthians 10:1. _Who in presence am base among you, but being
absent am bold towards you._ Paul retorts ironically the unworthy
insinuations of the false teachers, sent out by the sanhedrim of
Jer...
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THE WEAPONS. Paul likes to compare his service to Christ with a
military campaign. Christ, his ministry, and his cross all seem weak
to the worldly man (1 Corinthians 1:18-25). But God chose "what the...
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_For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh _
THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD
What is conceded by the apostle in the text as to the general state of
the servants of...
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_For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty, to the
pulling down of strongholds._
THE MORAL POWER OF CHRISTIANITY
In the writings of St. Paul you meet with frequent military allusions,...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3 THE WEAPONS OF Paul’s
WARFARE ARE NOT physical but spiritual, such as prayer, the Word of
God, faith, and the power of the Holy Spirit. By the Spirit Paul tear...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1 Paul’s Appeal to the
Rebellious Minority in Corinth. In the third major section of his
letter, Paul directly appeals to those who are still rejecting his
gospe...
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CHAPTER 10
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. In this and the two next Chapter s Paul defends his apostleship
against the false apostles, who held him up to contempt as vile and
despicable, and accused him o...
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_For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal._ Carnal weapons are
such as serve for carnal and bodily warfare and life, as the honours,
pleasures, and power of this world. This the Apostles did not...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
REMARKABLE CHANGE OF TONE here, and henceforward. So remarkable
that—in last century, for the first time, then in beginning of this,
and again, after a respite, during the last fifty...
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EXPOSITION
With this chapter begins the last great section of the Epistle (verse
1-2 Corinthians 13:10), which contains an impassioned vindication of
the apostle's position as compared with that of hi...
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Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of
Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent [I am]
bold toward you (2 Corinthians 10:1):
This is one of the charges that...
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1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Thessalonians
5:8;...
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Carnal. Rev., better, of the flesh, thus preserving the play on the
words. The idea of weakness attaches to that of fleshliness. See on
sarx flesh, sec. 4, Romans 7:5.
Through God [τ ω θ ε ω]. Lit.,...
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For the weapons of our warfare — Those we use in this war. Are not
carnal — But spiritual, and therefore mighty to the throwing down of
strong holds — Of all the difficulties which men or devils can r...
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Observe here, 1. That as the life of every Christian is. continual
warfare, so the ministers of the gospel are more eminently men of war;
they fight against PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS; and the devil dr...