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2 Corinthians 10:3-18

3For though we walkG4043 in the fleshG4561, we do not wageG4754 battleG4754 1accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, 4for the 2weaponsG3696 of our warfareG4752 are not of the fleshG4559, but 3divinelyG2316 powerfulG1415 4for the destructionG2506 of fortressesG3794. 5We are destroyingG2507 argumentsG3053 and allG3956 5arroganceG5313 raisedG1869 againstG2596 the knowledgeG1108 of GodG2316, and we are takingG163 everyG3956 thoughtG3540 captiveG163 to the 6obedienceG5218 of ChristG5547, 6and we are readyG2092 to punishG1556 allG3956 disobedienceG3876, wheneverG3752 7your obedienceG5218 is completeG4137.

789You are lookingG991 at 10things as they are outwardlyG2596G4383. 11IfG1487 anyoneG5100 is confidentG3982 in himselfG1438 that he is Christ’sG5547, have him considerG3049 thisG3778 againG3825 withinG1909 himselfG1438, that justG2531 asG2531 he is Christ’sG5547, 12soG3779 tooG2532 are we. 8For ifG1437 13I boastG2744 somewhatG5100 14moreG4053 aboutG4012 our 15authorityG1849, whichG3739 the LordG2962 gaveG1325 for buildingG3619 you upG3619 and not for destroyingG2506 you, I will not be putG153 toG153 shameG153, 916for I do not want to seemG1380 as ifG302 I would terrifyG1629 you by my lettersG1992. 10For they sayG5346, “His lettersG1992 are weightyG926 and strongG2478, but his 17personalG4983 presenceG3952 is 18unimpressiveG772 and 19his speechG3056 contemptibleG1848.” 11Have suchG5108 aG5108 personG5108 considerG3049 thisG3778, that whatG3634 we are in wordG3056 by lettersG1992 when absentG548, suchG5108 personsG5108 we are alsoG2532 in deedG2041 when presentG3918.

12For we do not presumeG5111 to rankG1469 orG2228 compareG4793 ourselvesG1438 with 20someG5100 of thoseG3588 who 21commendG4921 themselvesG1438; but when they 22measureG3354 themselvesG1438 by themselvesG1438 and compareG4793 themselvesG1438 with themselvesG1438, they haveG4920 noG3756 understandingG4920. 13But we will not boastG2744 23beyondG1519G280 our measureG280, but 2425withinG2596 the measureG3358 of the 26domainG2583 whichG3739 GodG2316 assignedG3307 to us as a measureG3358, to reachG2185 evenG2532 as farG891 as you. 14For we are not overextendingG5239 ourselvesG1438, as ifG5613 we did not reachG2185 to you, for 27we were the firstG5348 toG5348 comeG5348 evenG2532 as farG891 as you in the 28gospelG2098 of ChristG5547; 15not boastingG2744 29beyondG1519G280 our measureG280, that is, in 30otherG245 people’sG245 laborsG2873, but with the hopeG1680 that as 31your faithG4102 growsG837, we will be, 32withinG2596 our 33domainG2583, 34enlargedG3170 evenG1519 moreG4050 by you, 16soG1519 as to 35preachG2097 the gospelG2097 even to 36the regionsG5238 beyondG5238 you, and not to boastG2744 3738in whatG2092 has been accomplishedG2092 in the domainG2583 of anotherG245. 17But 39the one who boastsG2744 is to boastG2744 in the LordG2962. 18For it is not the one who 40commendsG4921 himselfG1438 that is approvedG1384, but the one 41whomG3739 the LordG2962 commendsG4921.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 10:3 Rom 8:4; 2 Cor 1:17 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 10:4 1 Cor 9:7; 2 Cor 6:7; 1 Tim 1:18 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Or mighty before God ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Jer 1:10; 2 Cor 10:8; 13:10 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 10:5 Is 2:11f ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 10:5 2 Cor 9:13 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 10:6 2 Cor 2:9 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or Look at... or Do you look at...? ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 10:7 John 7:24; 2 Cor 5:12 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Lit what is before your face ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 10:7 1 Cor 1:12; 14:37 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 10:7 1 Cor 9:1; 2 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:12 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 13:10 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 10:9 Lit so that I may not seem ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Lit bodily presence is weak ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 12:7; Gal 4:13f ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 1:17; 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 10:12 Or any ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 10:12 2 Cor 3:1; 10:18 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 10:12 I.e., evaluate ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 10:13 2 Cor 10:15 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Lit according to the measure ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Rom 12:3; 2 Cor 10:15f ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Or assignment; lit standard ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 10:14 1 Cor 3:6 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 10:14 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Cor 10:13 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Rom 15:20 ↩
  31. 31. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Thess 1:3 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our ↩
  33. 33. 2 Corinthians 10:15 See note 2 v 13 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Acts 5:13 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Corinthians 10:16 2 Cor 11:7 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Acts 19:21 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Lit to the things prepared in the ↩
  38. 38. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Rom 15:20 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Corinthians 10:17 Jer 9:24; 1 Cor 1:31 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Corinthians 10:18 2 Cor 10:12 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Corinthians 10:18 Rom 2:29; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 10

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