(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 great acts.
(d) Stand upon the foundation of God's infinite power.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
PAUL BEGINS TO ANSWER HIS CRITICS (2 Corinthians 10:1-6)...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
ΌΠΛΑ _pl. от_ ΌΠΛΟΝ (G3696) оружие. Общее слово, обозначающее как оборонительное, так и наступательное оружие (TDNT; Windisch). Краткое описание оружия римской армии _см._ в ELR, 106; OCD, 121f; Τ J,...
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...
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....
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...
(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...
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...
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...
(_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...
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....
CARNAL] RV 'of the flesh.' THROUGH GOD] RV 'before God.'...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
_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...
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...
PAUL'S APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY. Paul does not care to use his authority with severity:...
(FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL, BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS,)...
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...
THROUGH GOD: Or, to God...
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...
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...
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds) ;...
Tertullian On Idolatry war, nay, how will he serve even in peace, without a sword, which the Lord has taken away?[157]...
2 Corinthians 10:4 For G1063 weapons G3696 our G2257 warfare G4752 not G3756 carnal G4559 but G235 mighty G14
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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,...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Thessalonians 5:8;...
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.,...
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...
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...