2 Corinthians 10:2

2 Corinthians 10:2

The Spiritual War

1 Now ^aI, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—^bwho in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

2 But I beg you ^athat when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

4 ^aFor the weapons ^bof our warfare are not carnal but ^cmighty in God ^dfor pulling down strongholds,

5 ^acasting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

6 ^aand being ready to punish all disobedience when ^byour obedience is fulfilled.

Reality of Paul’s Authority

7 ^aDo you look at things according to the outward appearance? ^bIf anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even¹ so ^cwe are Christ’s.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I beseech (deomai). So here, but parakalw in verse II Corinthians 10:1. Perhaps, "I beg" suits the new turn here.

That I may not when present show courage (to mh parwn qarrhsai). Articular infinitive (aorist active of qarrew) in the accusative case with negative mh the direct object of deomai. Literally, "I beg the not when present (parwn nominative present participle agreeing with subject of qarrw in spite of being in the accusative infinitive clause, to mh qarrhsai) showing courage." The example of humility in Christ makes Paul drop "from magisterial exhortation to earnest entreaty" (Plummer).

As if we walked according to the flesh (wv kata sarka peripatountav). Another sneering charge as made plain by the use of wv with the participle for the alleged reason.

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The Spiritual War

Reality of Paul’s Authority