The Weapons of Our Warfare 2 Corinthians 10:4

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth, “for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh, and in chapter ten and verse four of Second Corinthians, Paul told the church members how, “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal”” with them where we read:

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

The verse begins, “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, ...” Paul parenthetically began with the word, “for” which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “the weapons” or “the arms or instruments used in warfare” “of our warfare” which means “of the church members' expedition, campaign and military service” “are not carnal” or “fleshly or under control of the animal appetites”. Paul declared the “arms and instruments” used for he, his companions and the church members' “war” are not “fleshly” ones.

The verse continued, “... but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” Paul continued with the word, “but” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated “mighty” which means “able, powerful and strong” “through God” or “by means and according to the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “to the pulling down” which means “to the destruction and demolition” “of strong holds” which refers to “castles, fortresses and arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavors to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent”. Paul declared the “weapons” of believers in Jesus to be “powerful” through God's ability which enables them to “demolish” “fortresses” of their enemy.

When we consider these words of Paul, we note how he parenthetically inserted these words to assure the church members from where their true “weapons of war” came. God Almighty provides the “instruments and arms” needed to combat “spiritual battles”, and by His power “spiritual strong holds” are “torn down and destroyed”. Jesus Christ came to the world to “defeat” the enemy of our soul, and through His “spiritual” “weapons”, we may now be “saved”. Jesus' power through the Holy Spirit is available to all who will “believe” and “trust” in Him, and rather than using “carnal” or “fleshly” means to win “spiritual wars”, let us rely upon the “weapons of our warfare” provided by God.

Next time Paul instructs the church members to be, “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then,

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