2 Corinthians 10:2-5

Paul Defends His Ministry

² I beg of you _k that when I am present I may not have to show _l boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh. ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. ⁴ For the _m weapons of _n our warfare are not of the flesh but have _o divine power _p to destroy strongholds. ⁵ We destroy arguments and _q every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to _r obey Christ,

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 13:2
   I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them -
   2 Corinthians 13:10
   For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
   1 Corinthians 4:18
   Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.
   1 Corinthians 4:21
   What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 10:6
   Being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 6:7
   By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
   Ephesians 6:11
   Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
   1 Thessalonians 5:8
   But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:7
   Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
   
5. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 13:3 - 4
   Since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
   1 Corinthians 2:5
   That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
   
6. Cross References
   Jeremiah 1:10
   See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 2:11 - 12
   The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 9:13
   By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others.
   Romans 5:19
   For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.