2 Corinthians 10:3-5

New Living Translation

³We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. ⁴^[a]We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. ⁵We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

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Footnotes

10:4 English translations divide verses 4 and 5 in various ways.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

New International Version

³For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.^(A) ⁴The weapons we fight with^(B) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power^(C) to demolish strongholds.^(D) ⁵We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,^(E) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient^(F) to Christ.

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2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Amplified Bible

³For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man. ⁴The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. ⁵We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,

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2 Corinthians 10:3-5

New King James Version

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴^(A)For the weapons ^(B)of our warfare are not ^[a]carnal but ^(C)mighty in God ^(D)for pulling down strongholds, ⁵^(E)casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,