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2 Corinthians 10:3–4

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3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war gafter the flesh: 4(For hthe iweapons of our kwarfare are not carnal, but lmighty ||through God mto the npulling down of ostrong holds;)

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Footnotes

  1. gSee ch. 1:17.
  2. hSee ch. 6:7. Comp. Eph. 6:11, 13. 1 Thess. 5:8.
  3. iRom. 6:13 marg.
  4. kSee 1 Tim. 1:18.
  5. lSee 1 Cor. 2:5. So ch. 13:3, 4.
  6. ||Or, to God. Acts 7:20 marg.
  7. mSo Jer. 1:10.
  8. nver. 8. ch. 13:10. 1 Macc. 3:43 in the Gk.

Cross references

  1. o1 Macc. 1:2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

NLTNew Living Translation

We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For although we are living in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but powerful to God for the tearing down of fortresses, tearing down arguments