2 Corinthians 10:2-4

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.

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.