2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our battles are not carnal, yet still they are powerful with God, unto the destruction of fortifications: tearing down every counsel

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In The King James Version

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

In Context

3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.

5and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,

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Cross References

Judges 7:13And when Gideon had arrived, someone told his neighbor a dream. And he related what he had seen, in this way: “I saw a dream, and it seemed to me as if bread, baked under ashes from rolled barley, descended into the camp of Midian. And whenever it arrived at a tent, it struck it, and overturned it, and utterly leveled it to the ground.”

1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine: “You approach me with sword, and spear, and shield. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which you have reproached.

Isaiah 30:25And there will be, on every lofty mountain, and on every elevated hill, rivers of running water, in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower will fall.

Jeremiah 1:10Behold, today I have appointed you over nations and over kingdoms, so that you may root up, and pull down, and destroy, and scatter, and so that you may build and plant.”

Acts 7:22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. And he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.

Romans 13:12The night has passed, and the day draws near. Therefore, let us cast aside the works of darkness, and be clothed with the armor of light.

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 →

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