2nd Corinthians Chapter 10 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 10:4

(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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BBE 2ndCorinthians 10:4

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 10:4

For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 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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WBT 2ndCorinthians 10:4


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WEB 2ndCorinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare `are' not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,
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2nd Corinthians 10 : 4 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Weapons (see 2 Corinthians 6:7; Romans 6:13). Not carnal. He did not rely on the mere "arm of flesh," or on earthly sword or panoply. Mighty through God; literally, powerful for God; i.e. either (1) powerful for the cause of God, or (2) powerful in his estimate. To the pulling down of strongholds. The word for "pulling down," which implies the entire clearance of an obstacle, is only found in the New Testament in this Epistle (vers. 4, 8; 2 Corinthians 13:10). The word for "strongholds" is found here alone. These "fortresses" were the opposition aroused by factious and hostile partisans, and he hoped to subdue them by the strong exercise of apostolic authority (l Corinthians 4:21; 5:1-5). Dean Stanley suggests a reminiscence of the hundred and twenty Cilician fortresses pulled down by Pompey; but I think that these general allusions are often pressed too far.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) For the weapons of our warfare . . .--We learn from the earlier words of 1Thessalonians 5:8, yet more from the later ones of Ephesians 6:11-16, what these were--the energies of spiritual powers given by the Eternal Spirit.To the pulling down of strong holds.--The phrase is essentially military, used in the LXX. for the capture and destruction of fortresses (Lamentations 2:2; Proverbs 21:22); "casting down the strength" (1 Maccabees 5:65); "pulled down the fortress" (8:10). He speaks as if leading an attack on the strong defences of the powers of evil, possibly thinking of the great system of idolatry and impurity enthroned at Corinth and throughout the Empire, possibly of those of pride and obstinate rebellion in the hearts of his individual opponents. The context favours the latter interpretation. It has been suggested (Stanley, in loc.) that the Apostle's language may have been coloured by national memories of the wars against the Cilicians carried on by Pompeius, which ended in the reduction of one hundred and twenty fortresses and the capture of more than 10,000 prisoners. . . .