2 Corinthians 10:5
casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,
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4For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds,
6and having in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.
Cross References
Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there not be a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nothing, and he cry to LORD against thee, and it be
2 Kings 19:28Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou came.
Job 42:6Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalms 18:27For thou will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes thou will bring down.
Psalms 110:2LORD will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion. Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 10:2-7
The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 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… Read the whole commentary →