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I beg you, do not force me to talk hard words when I come. I have made up my mind to talk hard words against some people. They think we are living for the things in this world.

Of course we are living in bodies made for this world. But we are not fighting for the things in this world.

We do not use the things of this world in our fighting, but we use the power of God. This power can break down the walls where the enemy hides.

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But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

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But I beg you (A)that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. (B)For the weapons (C)of our warfare are not [a]carnal but (D)mighty in God (E)for pulling down strongholds,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:4 of the flesh

I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold(A) as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.(B) For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.(C) The weapons we fight with(D) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(E) to demolish strongholds.(F)

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