KJV King James Version
(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
WEB World English Bible
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
ASV American Standard Version
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,
Surrounding context — 2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2 But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 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;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he [is] Christ’s, even so [are] we Christ’s.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoγὰρG1063 · garforὅπλαG3696 · hoplonweaponτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoστρατείαςG4752 · strateiawarfareἡμῶνG3165 · memeοὐG3756 · ounoσαρκικὰG4559 · sarkikosfleshlyἀλλὰG235 · allabutδυνατὰG1415 · dunatosableτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεῷG2316 · theosGodπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withκαθαίρεσινG2506 · kathairesisdestructionὀχυρωμάτων,G3794 · ochurōmastrongholdλογισμοὺςG3053 · logismosthoughtκαθαιροῦντεςG2507 · kathaireōto take down
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 6:7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,Ephesians 6:13-18Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.Jeremiah 1:10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.1 Corinthians 2:5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.1 Samuel 17:45-50Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.2 Corinthians 13:3-4Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;Zechariah 4:6-7Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.Romans 6:13Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.Psalm 110:2The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;Hebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.Isaiah 41:14-16Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.2 Timothy 2:3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.Joshua 6:20So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
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