2 Corinthians 10:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the weapons of our warfare - The means by which we hope to achieve our victory. Are not carnal - Not those of the flesh. Not such as the people of the world use. They are not such as are...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not (c) carnal, but mighty through (d) God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (c) Are not those weapons that men get authority over one another with, and do...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Warning to Those who Misunderstand and Misrepresent Paul. The abruptness and emphasis of the opening words, as well as their want of connexion with what precedes, are best explained on the hypoth...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

weapons. Greek. hoplon. See 2 Corinthians 6:7 . warfare . Greek. atrateia. Only here and 1 Timothy 1:18 . carnal. Greek. sarkikos. See Romans 7:14 and 1 Peter 2:11 . mighty . Gree...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. For the weapons of our warfare. The warfare corresponds with the kind of weapons. He glories in being furnished with spiritual weapons. The warfare, accordingly, is spiritual. Hence...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2037 EFFICACY OF THE GOSPEL 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 . Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God t...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) The weapons of our warfare - The apostle often uses the metaphor of a warfare to represe...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the weapons of our warfare, &c.— What are the carnal weapons, and those opposed to them, which he calls mighty through God, may be seen, if we read and compare 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 w...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Confutation of those who propagate their creed by persecution (cf. Luke 9:54-56 )....
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

( B ) Chapter s 10-13. St. Paul's Defence of his Ministry As explained in the Introduction, this section is regarded as part of the intermediate letter, referred to in 2 Corinthians 2:3-4 and 2...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the weapons of our warfare... — We learn from the earlier words of 1 Thessalonians 5:8 , yet more from the later ones of Ephesians 6:11-16 , what these were — the energies of spiritual powers...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 WAR. 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 (R.V) THE last four Chapter s of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians stand as manifestly apart as the two about the collection. A great deal too much has...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mighty with Spiritual Weapons 2 Corinthians 10:1-7 Paul here makes his defense. Some who resisted his authority spoke disparagingly of his weak body and uneloquent speech. Why should they yield...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third division of the epistle, in which the writer vindicates his authority. Here he seems to have more especially in mind the minority who have been opposed to him. While walking in...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) (5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the kn...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRISTIAN WARFARE ‘Mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.’ 2 Corinthians 10:4 There are times when the Gospel of Christ must assert itself as a destructive power. Would we se...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the weapons of our warfare ,.... By "warfare" is here meant, not that which is common to all believers, who are enlisted as volunteers under the captain of their salvation, and fight his battles...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Ver. 4. Are not carnal ] i.e. Weak, opposed here to mighty. The flesh is weak as wa...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the weapons of our warfare Those we use in this war; are not carnal But spiritual. As they were not aided in their endeavours to Christianize the world by human power and authority, so neithe...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though his First Epistle had had good effect upon "the many" at Corinth, yet Paul finds it necessary, as led of the Spirit of God, to earnestly press the serious matter of God's establishing him as a...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. A. D. 57. 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness a...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As our end is spiritual, so are our means; the means by which we manage our spiritual fight are spiritual. Whether by these weapons he meaneth the word of God, and his preaching the gospel, or the...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds, casting down ima...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Remarkable change of tone here, and henceforward. So remarkable that—in last century, for the first time, then in beginning of this, and again, after a respite, during the last fi...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 10:1 . Who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold towards you. Paul retorts ironically the unworthy insinuations of the false teachers, sent out by the sanhedrim of...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh The distinctions between the good and the bad What is conceded by the apostle in the text as to the general state of the servants...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION With this chapter begins the last great section of the Epistle (verse 1- 2 Corinthians 13:10 ), which contains an impassioned vindication of the apostle's position as compared with th...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Apostolic Authority. Paul does not care to use his authority with severity:
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:18-24 ; 1 Corinthians 2:5 ; 1 Samuel 17:45-50 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:8 ; 1 Timothy 1:18 ; 2 Corinthians 13:3 ; 2 Corinthians 13:4 ; 2 Corinthians 3:5 ; 2 Corinthians 4:7 ; 2 Co...
2 Corinthians 10:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For the weapons of our warfare — Those we use in this war. Are not carnal — But spiritual, and therefore mighty to the throwing down of strong holds — Of all the difficulties which men or devils ca...

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 10:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 10:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 10:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes