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2 Corinthians 10:3

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

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  • WEB World English Bible

    For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    Neverthelesse though we walke compased with the fleshe yet we warre not flesshlye

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    Neuerthelesse, though wee walke in the flesh, yet we doe not warre after the flesh.

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Cross-references (8)

Passages linked to 2 Corinthians 10:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
  • Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
  • 1 Peter 4:1-2 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
  • Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • 2 Timothy 2:3-4 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
  • 1 Timothy 1:18 I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
  • 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
  • Hebrews 12:1 Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

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Explain this verse (19 sources)

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 3. For though we walk in the flesh. Walking…

3. For though we walk in the flesh. Walking in the flesh means here — living it the world; or, as he expresses it elsewhere,

being at home in the body. (2 Corinthians 5:6.)

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For he was shut up in the prison of his body. This, however, did not prevent the influence of the Holy Spirit from showing itself marvelously in his weakness. There is here again a kind of concession, which, at the same time, is of no service to his adversaries.

Those war according to the flesh, who attempt nothing but in dependence upon worldly resources, in which alone, too, they glory. They have not their confidence placed in the government and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Paul declares that he is not one of this class, inasmuch as he is furnished with other weapons than those of the flesh and the world. Now, what he affirms respecting himself is applicable, also, to all true ministers of Christ. For they

carry an inestimable treasure in earthen vessels,

as he had previously said. (2 Corinthians 4:7.) Hence, however they may be surrounded with the infirmities of the flesh, the spiritual power of God, nevertheless, shines forth resplendently in them.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Secondly he witnesseth, that although he be like unto…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain There is a great difference between walking in the…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain That is, "Although I yet dwell in the body,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For though we walk in the flesh,.... The apostle…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Though we walk in the flesh - In mortal…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Though we walk in the flesh] That…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For though we walk in the flesh - Though…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain For--Reason why they should regard him "beseeching" them (Co2…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. In the flesh—In the human body.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. in the flesh] To walk in the flesh…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) For though we walk in the flesh.—The phrase…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain We walk in the flesh. St. Paul does not…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain For though we walk in the flesh, we do…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 3–6. We walk in the flesh. He is in…
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain For though we walk in the flesh, we do…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 we walk in the flesh
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:3-5 A military metaphor enforces Paul’s rebuttal: Paul’s weapons…

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