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2 Korinther 10:3

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3 Denn ob wir wohl im Fleisch wandeln, so streiten wir doch nicht fleischlicherweise.

2 Korinther 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:3

For though we walk in the flesh
The apostle removes the calumny of walking after the flesh, by owning that they were in the flesh, in the body, in a state of imperfection, attended with many weaknesses and infirmities, and surrounded with a variety of afflictions and sorrows; in this sense they were, and lived and walked in the flesh; but then he denies the charge exhibited against them,

we do not war after the flesh:
every Christian's life is a warfare with Satan, and his principalities and powers, with the world, the men and lusts of it, and with the corruptions of their own hearts; and much more is the life of a minister of the Gospel, who is called forth to meet the adversary in the gate; to stand in the hottest place of the battle, and sustain the whole fire and artillery of the enemy; to fight the good fight of faith, endure hardness as a good soldier of Christ, and with the weapons he is furnished with to war a good warfare: which is not done "after the flesh"; in such a manner as the men of the world wage war with one another; or upon carnal principles; or with carnal selfish views; or in a weak way and manner; but in a spiritual way, with all simplicity and disinterested views, with great courage and intrepidity of mind.

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2 Korinther 10:3 In-Context

1 Ich aber, Paulus, ermahne euch durch die SanftmĂŒtigkeit und Lindigkeit Christi, der ich gegenwĂ€rtig unter euch gering bin, abwesend aber dreist gegen euch.
2 Ich bitte aber, daß mir nicht not sei, gegenwĂ€rtig dreist zu handeln und der KĂŒhnheit zu brauchen, die man mir zumißt, gegen etliche, die uns schĂ€tzen, als wandelten wir fleischlicherweise.
3 Denn ob wir wohl im Fleisch wandeln, so streiten wir doch nicht fleischlicherweise.
4 Denn die Waffen unsrer Ritterschaft sind nicht fleischlich, sondern mÀchtig vor Gott, zu zerstören Befestigungen;
5 wir zerstören damit die AnschlÀge und alle Höhe, die sich erhebt wider die Erkenntnis Gottes, und nehmen gefangen alle Vernunft unter den Gehorsam Christi
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