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On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but divinely powerful toward the demolition of strongholds, <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/10.htm">King James Bible</a> (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/10.htm">New King James Version</a> For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the tearing down of strongholds, <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> or fight our battles with the weapons of this world. Instead, we use God's power that can destroy fortresses. We destroy arguments <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strong holds); <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The weapons we use in our fight are not made by humans. Rather, they are powerful weapons from God. With them we destroy people's defenses, that is, their arguments <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> The weapons we use in our fight are not the world's weapons but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments; <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> For the weapons of our warfare are not those of the world. Instead, they have the power of God to demolish fortresses. We tear down arguments <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. <a href="/net/2_corinthians/10.htm">NET Bible</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds, <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses. <a href="/web/2_corinthians/10.htm">World English Bible</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but divinely powerful toward the demolition of strongholds, <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> (For the weapons of our warfare not fleshly, but powerful to God to the taking down of fortified places;)<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels, <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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 <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/10.htm">New American Bible</a> for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the weapons which we use are not earthly weapons, but of the might of God by which we conquer rebellious strongholds; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> The weapons of our warfare are not according to the flesh, but of the power of God, and by it we subdue rebellious fortresses,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty, through God, for the overthrowing of strongholds,) <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of strongholds; <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the casting down the strong holds of corruption; <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a> our military arms are not so defective, but divinely effectual to demolish all their ramparts; <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses. <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> (for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God for the casting down of strongholds); <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the demolishing of bulwarks:) <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=1727" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/10.htm">Paul's Apostolic Authority</a> …3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. 4<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/3696.htm" title="3696: hopla (N-NNP) -- An instrument; plur: arms, weapons. Probably from a primary hepo; an implement or utensil or tool.">weapons</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/4752.htm" title="4752: strateias (N-GFS) -- Warfare, military service; of Christian warfare. From strateuomai; military service, i.e. the apostolic career.">warfare</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">are not</a> <a href="/greek/4559.htm" title="4559: sarkika (Adj-NNP) -- Fleshly, carnal, earthly. From sarx; pertaining to flesh, i.e. bodily, temporal, or animal, unregenerate.">the weapons of the world.</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">Instead,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">they have</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theō (N-DMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">divine</a> <a href="/greek/1415.htm" title="1415: dynata (Adj-NNP) -- (a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible. From dunamai; powerful or capable; neuter possible.">power</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">to</a> <a href="/greek/2506.htm" title="2506: kathairesin (N-AFS) -- Taking down, razing, destroying. From kathaireo; demolition; figuratively, extinction.">demolish</a> <a href="/greek/3794.htm" title="3794: ochyrōmatōn (N-GNP) -- A fortress, strong defense, stronghold. From a remote derivative of echo; a castle.">strongholds.</a> 5We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Ephesians 6:10-18</a> Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. / Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ... <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a> For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. <a href="/1_timothy/1-18.htm">1 Timothy 1:18-19</a> Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, / holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. <a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a> The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a> For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. <a href="/1_john/5-4.htm">1 John 5:4-5</a> because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. / Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8-9</a> Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. / Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. <a href="/james/4-7.htm">James 4:7</a> Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. <a href="/romans/8-37.htm">Romans 8:37</a> No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <a href="/philippians/4-13.htm">Philippians 4:13</a> I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. <a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Isaiah 54:17</a> No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a> See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.” <a href="/zechariah/4-6.htm">Zechariah 4:6</a> So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/psalms/44-5.htm">Psalm 44:5-7</a> Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. / For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me. / For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame. <a href="/psalms/18-32.htm">Psalm 18:32-34</a> It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear. / He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. / He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)the weapons.<a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm">2 Corinthians 6:7</a> By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,<a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a> Neither 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.<a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a> The 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.our.<a href="/1_timothy/1-18.htm">1 Timothy 1:18</a> This 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;<a href="/2_timothy/2-3.htm">2 Timothy 2:3</a> Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.mighty.<a href="/2_corinthians/3-5.htm">2 Corinthians 3:5</a> Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;<a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a> But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.<a href="/2_corinthians/13-3.htm">2 Corinthians 13:3,4</a> Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you… through God.<a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">Joshua 6:20</a> So 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.<a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Isaiah 30:25</a> And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.<a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a> See, 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-11.htm">Carnal</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm">Contrary</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">Divine</a> <a href="/acts/10-22.htm">Divinely</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-8.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">High</a> <a href="/john/16-27.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">Human</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-10.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Overthrowing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-15.htm">Power</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/acts/22-23.htm">Pulling</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-19.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Throwing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">Warfare</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm">Weapons</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">World</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">Worldly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/6-13.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-16.htm">Carnal</a> <a href="/galatians/1-8.htm">Contrary</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">Divine</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Divinely</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-18.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-7.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-18.htm">Human</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-12.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm">Overthrowing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">Power</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/jude/1-23.htm">Pulling</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">Throwing</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-18.htm">Warfare</a> <a href="/genesis/27-3.htm">Weapons</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-18.htm">World</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-18.htm">Worldly</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 10</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/10-1.htm">Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of his person and bodily presence, </a> 4. <a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">he shows the spiritual might and authority with which he was armed against all adverse powers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm">assuring those who at his coming he will be found as mighty in word as he is now in writing;</a> 12. <a href="/2_corinthians/10-12.htm">and encouraging them to reach out themselves beyond their compass.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "weapons" suggests tools or means of combat, which in this context are spiritual rather than physical. <a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Ephesians 6:10-18</a> provides a detailed description of the "armor of God," which includes truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer. These are the spiritual resources available to Christians in their fight against spiritual forces.are not the weapons of the flesh. This highlights the contrast between spiritual and earthly means of conflict. "Flesh" refers to human nature and worldly methods, which are inadequate for spiritual battles. In <a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27-29</a>, Paul emphasizes that God uses what is weak and foolish in the world to shame the strong and wise, underscoring the futility of relying on human strength and wisdom in spiritual matters.Instead, they have divine power The source of the believer's strength is divine, not human. This power comes from God and is effective in spiritual warfare. In <a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>, Jesus promises the disciples that they will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon them, indicating that divine power is linked to the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in believers' lives.to demolish strongholds. "Strongholds" refer to fortified positions or arguments that oppose the knowledge of God. In a spiritual sense, these can be false beliefs, ideologies, or sinful patterns that resist God's truth. The imagery of demolishing strongholds suggests a complete and decisive victory over these obstacles. In <a href="/joshua/6.htm">Joshua 6</a>, the fall of Jericho serves as a type of spiritual victory, where obedience to God's command led to the collapse of seemingly impregnable walls, symbolizing the power of faith and divine intervention in overcoming spiritual barriers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 2 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth. Paul is defending his ministry and authority against false apostles and critics. 2. <a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a> A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and immorality. The church in Corinth faced many challenges, including divisions and false teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> The context of this passage is spiritual warfare, where Paul emphasizes the spiritual nature of the battle believers face. 4. <a href="/topical/s/strongholds.htm">Strongholds</a> In the context of this passage, strongholds refer to arguments, pretensions, and thoughts that oppose the knowledge of God. 5. <a href="/topical/d/divine_power.htm">Divine Power</a> The power given by God to believers to overcome spiritual challenges and demolish strongholds.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_warfare.htm">Understanding Spiritual Warfare</a> Recognize that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces. This requires a mindset shift from worldly strategies to divine empowerment. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_our_weapons.htm">The Nature of Our Weapons</a> Our weapons are not physical but spiritual, empowered by God. Prayer, the Word of God, and faith are crucial in this battle. <a href="/topical/d/demolishing_strongholds.htm">Demolishing Strongholds</a> Identify and confront false beliefs and thoughts that oppose God's truth. Use Scripture to renew your mind and align your thoughts with God's will. <a href="/topical/r/relying_on_divine_power.htm">Relying on Divine Power</a> Depend on God's strength rather than your own. Acknowledge that victory comes through His power, not human effort. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_victory.htm">Living in Victory</a> Apply the truth of God's Word in daily life to overcome challenges and live victoriously in Christ.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) For the weapons of our warfare . . .--We learn from the earlier words of <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm" title="But 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.">1Thessalonians 5:8</a>, yet more from the later ones of <a href="/context/ephesians/6-11.htm" title="Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.">Ephesians 6:11-16</a>, 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 (<a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm" title="The LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: he has thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground: he has polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.">Lamentations 2:2</a>; <a href="/proverbs/21-22.htm" title="A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.">Proverbs 21:22</a>); "casting down the strength" (<a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/5-65.htm" title="Afterward went Judas forth with his brethren, and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south, where he smote Hebron, and the towns thereof, and pulled down the fortress of it, and burned the towers thereof round about.">1 Maccabees 5:65</a>); "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. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - Weapons (see <a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm">2 Corinthians 6:7</a>; <a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a>). 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; <a href="/2_corinthians/13-10.htm">2 Corinthians 13:10</a>). 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. <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The τὰ (ta) Article - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. weapons ὅπλα (hopla) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3696.htm">Strong's 3696: </a> An instrument; plur: arms, weapons. Probably from a primary hepo; an implement or utensil or tool. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. warfare στρατείας (strateias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4752.htm">Strong's 4752: </a> Warfare, military service; of Christian warfare. From strateuomai; military service, i.e. the apostolic career. [are] not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. [ the weapons ] of the world. σαρκικὰ (sarkika) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4559.htm">Strong's 4559: </a> Fleshly, carnal, earthly. From sarx; pertaining to flesh, i.e. bodily, temporal, or animal, unregenerate. Instead, ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. [they have] τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. divine Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. power δυνατὰ (dynata) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1415.htm">Strong's 1415: </a> (a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible. From dunamai; powerful or capable; neuter possible. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. demolish καθαίρεσιν (kathairesin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> Taking down, razing, destroying. From kathaireo; demolition; figuratively, extinction. strongholds. ὀχυρωμάτων (ochyrōmatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3794.htm">Strong's 3794: </a> A fortress, strong defense, stronghold. 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