📖WEB · 2 Corinthians 10:3

What does 2 Corinthians 10:3 mean?

"For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;"

— 2 Corinthians 10:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

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Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

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For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

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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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throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

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and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

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