11 translations · Greek
2 Corinthians 10:5
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;
2 Corinthians 10:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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;
- KJV King James Version
- Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
- ASV American Standard Version
- casting 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;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- bringing down reasonings, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Every high wall that stands tall and proud against the knowledge of God is knocked down. Every rebel idea is captured and brought into obedient agreement with Christ.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
- DBY Darby Translation
- overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And every height that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ;
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| λογισμοὺς | logismous | arguments | G3053 λογισμός thought |
| καθαιροῦντες | kathairountes | We demolish | G2507 καθαιρέω to take down |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πᾶν | pan | every | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ὕψωμα | hypsōma | presumption | G5313 ὕψωμα height |
| ἐπαιρόμενον | epairomenon | set up | G1869 ἐπαίρω to lift up |
| κατὰ | kata | against | G2596 κατά according to |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γνώσεως | gnōseōs | knowledge | G1108 γνῶσις knowledge |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| αἰχμαλωτίζοντες | aichmalōtizontes | we take captive | G163 αἰχμαλωτίζω to capture |
| πᾶν | pan | every | G3956 πᾶς all |
| νόημα | noēma | thought | G3540 νόημα mind/thought |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὑπακοὴν | hypakoēn | make it obedient | G5218 ὑπακοή obedience |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Χριστοῦ | Christou | to Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
Related verses
- Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- 1 Peter 1:14–15
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;
- Romans 7:23
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
- Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
- Romans 1:21
Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
- Psalm 139:2
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day. For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:
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In context
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.
7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.
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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