11 translations · Greek
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,
2 Corinthians 10:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
- KJV King James Version
- (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- ASV American Standard Version
- (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Our weapons are not of this world but God's mighty power that destroys fortresses of human thinking, demolishing misleading theories.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὰ | ta | The | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γὰρ | gar | — | G1063 γάρ for |
| ὅπλα | hopla | weapons | G3696 ὅπλον weapon |
| τῆς | tēs | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| στρατείας | strateias | warfare | G4752 στρατεία warfare |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| οὐ | ou | [are] not | G3756 οὐ no |
| σαρκικὰ | sarkika | [ the weapons ] of the flesh | G4559 σαρκικός fleshly |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | Instead | G235 ἀλλά but |
| δυνατὰ | dynata | power | G1415 δυνατός able |
| τῷ | tō | [they have] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεῷ | Theō | divine | G2316 θεός God |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 πρός to/with |
| καθαίρεσιν | kathairesin | demolish | G2506 καθαίρεσις destruction |
| ὀχυρωμάτων | ochyrōmatōn | strongholds | G3794 ὀχύρωμα stronghold |
Related verses
- 2 Corinthians 6:7
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
- Ephesians 6:13–18
Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace; …
- Jeremiah 1:10
Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:5
that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
- 1 Samuel 17:45–50
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.” …
- 2 Corinthians 13:3–4
seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you. For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
- 1 Timothy 1:18
This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
- Zechariah 4:6–7
Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies. Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”
- Romans 13:12
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 10 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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