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2 Corinthians 10:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 Corinthians 10:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 I beg you that when I am in your presence I will not have to act with boldness and the self-assurance that I consider necessary when I oppose some of those who accuse us of acting according to human standards.[a]
3 [b]Although we are human beings, we do not engage in battle according to human standards. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they possess the divine power to destroy strongholds. We demolish arguments
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- 2 Corinthians 10:2 Human standards: literally, “according to the flesh.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:3 Paul is ready to wage war, but his weapons are not those prized by this world and forged by human pride and arrogance. They have “the divine power” (e.g., the Word of God and the Spirit) and can demolish arguments and every pretension put forth against “the knowledge of God” (see Rom 1:18-23). Among the latter are the reasonings by which the false apostles strive to shake the faith of the Corinthian Christians (see 1 Cor 2:13f).
