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Verse 2 Corinthians 10:5. _CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS_]
δογισμους. _Reasonings_ or _opinions_. The Greek philosophers
valued themselves especially on their _ethic systems_, in which their
reasonings a...
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CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS - Margin, reasonings. The word is probably
used here in the sense of device, and refers to all the plans of a
wicked world; the various systems of false philosophy; and the
r...
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III. THE APOSTLE'S SELF-DEFENSE AND VINDICATION. CHAPTER S 10-13
1. The Vindication of His Authority
CHAPTER 10
The apostle now turns to vindicate the authority, which he had
received from the Lord....
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A WARNING TO THOSE WHO MISUNDERSTAND AND MISREPRESENT PAUL. The
abruptness and emphasis of the opening words, as well as their want of
connexion with what precedes, are best explained on the hypothesi...
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It is I Paul who call upon you--and I am doing it in the gentleness
and the sweet reasonableness of Christ--I, who, as you say, am a poor
creature when I am with you, but a man of courage when I am ab...
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PAUL BEGINS TO ANSWER HIS CRITICS (2 Corinthians 10:1-6)...
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IMAGINATIONS. thoughts, or reasonings. Greek. _logismos_. Only here
and Romans 2:15.
HIGH THING. Greek. _hupsoma._ Only here and Romans 8:39.
EXALTETH. Greek. _epairo._ See Acts 1:9.
AGAINST. Gr
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_casting down_ This is not spoken of the _weapons_, but of the
_Apostles_.
_imaginations_ Rather, as margin, REASONINGS (_consilia_, Vulgate,
_counceilis_, Wiclif).The rendering -imaginations" comes...
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ΛΟΓΙΣΜΟῪΣ ΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ. Returning to
στρατευόμεθα (2 Corinthians 10:3), or perhaps an
anacoluthon from τὰ ὅπλα, like πλουτιζόμενοι (2
Corinthians 9:11): SEEING THAT WE CAST _down imaginations_ (Roman...
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_PAUL STATED HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1-6:_ False
teachers at Corinth accused Paul of being a coward when he was with
them and brave when he was far away from them. Paul wanted it
unde...
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DISCOURSE: 2037
EFFICACY OF THE GOSPEL
2 Corinthians 10:3. 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 pul...
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AND BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT,— The believing soul, when
its carnal fortificationsaredemolished,submitsto the conqueror; and
then every thought, every reasoning takes law from him. Nothing...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Spiritual (2 Corinthians 10:1-6)
10 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of
ChristI who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you whe...
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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;
CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS -...
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5 God has no need. Gifts acceptable to Him must spring from a pure
motive is better not to give at all than to give with a heavy heart or
from an unworthy motive. Extortion, whether by appeals to prid...
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10:5 Christ; (k-26) Or 'of Christ.'...
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IMAGINATIONS] the false reasonings of his enemies. EVERY HIGH THING]
All the pride and self-satisfaction and self-delusion which made the
Corinthians rebel against him. BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY] The Ap...
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PARAPHRASE. 'We live in the flesh, and are subject to its weaknesses
and temptations, like others; but we are not prompted by fleshly
motives, such as dread of giving offence, or desire of popularity....
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(_B_) CHAPTER S 10-13. ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MINISTRY
As explained in the Introduction, this section is regarded as part of
the intermediate letter, referred to in 2 Corinthians 2:3 and 2
Corinthi...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 10
V1 I, Paul make an appeal to you by the *gentleness and kindness of
Christ. When I am with you, you suppose me to be w...
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CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS. — The participle is in agreement with the
“_we_ war not” of 2 Corinthians 10:3. In the Greek word rendered
“imaginations,” we have the noun derived from the verb rendered
“t...
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CHAPTER 22
WAR.
2 Corinthians 10:1 (R.V)
THE last four Chapter s of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians stand
as manifestly apart as the two about the collection. A great deal too
much has been ma...
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HE BEGS THEM NOT TO FORCE HIM TO EXERT HIS AUTHORITY WITH SEVERITY
WHEN HE COMES. He first expresses the hope that their conduct will be
such as to admit of his being “meek and gentle” when he arrives...
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λογισμοὺς καθαιροῦντες κ. τ. λ.: _casting
down_, as if they were centres of the enemy's force, _reasonings_ (St.
Paul's message, as he told the Corinthians at 1 Corinthians 2:4 was
not ἐν πειθοῖς σοφί...
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MIGHTY WITH SPIRITUAL WEAPONS
2 Corinthians 10:1
Paul here makes his defense. Some who resisted his authority spoke
disparagingly of his weak body and uneloquent speech. Why should they
yield so abso...
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Here begins the third division of the epistle, in which the writer
vindicates his authority. Here he seems to have more especially in
mind the minority who have been opposed to him. While walking in t...
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VERSE 5 The purpose of Christianity is to throw out all human thinking
and place God in complete control. Every part of the Christian is to
be subject to God's uses and intents....
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Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, (3) and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ;
(3) An amplification of th...
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Who in presence indeed am lowly. [1] Literally, humble, (see Luke i.
ver. 48.) that is, of a mean aspect, as to exterior appearances, and
my speech contemptible, without the ornaments of human eloquen...
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(4) (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strongholds;) (5) Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
kno...
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2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the
Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong
contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
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5._And bring into captivity _I am of opinion, that, having previously
spoken more particularly of the conflict of spiritual armor, along
with the hinderances that rise up in opposition to the gospel o...
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The apostle returns to the subject which pre-occupied him his
connections with the Corinthians, and the truth of his apostleship,
which was questioned by those who seduced them, throwing contempt on
h...
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CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS,.... Or "reasonings"; the carnal reasonings
of the minds of natural men against God, his providences and purposes,
against Christ, and the methods of salvation, and every tru...
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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;
Ver. 5. _Casting down imaginat...
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_Casting down imaginations_ Λογισμους
καθαιρουντες, literally, _demolishing reasonings_, namely,
such as were fallacious and sophistical, by which vain men endeavoured
to controvert, disprove, or even...
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CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS-EVERY HIGH THING; all the proud and lofty
thoughts of men, which lead them to exalt themselves against the
gospel....
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PAUL'S APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY.
Paul does not care to use his authority with severity:...
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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,...
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Though his First Epistle had had good effect upon "the many" at
Corinth, yet Paul finds it necessary, as led of the Spirit of God, to
earnestly press the serious matter of God's establishing him as an...
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IMAGINATIONS:
Or, reasonings...
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1-6 While others thought meanly, and spake scornfully of the apostle,
he had low thoughts, and spake humbly of himself. We should be aware
of our own infirmities, and think humbly of ourselves, even...
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OLBGrk;
CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS; logismouv, reasonings; _and every high
thing, _ every height of reasoning, THAT EXALTETH ITSELF AGAINST THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. The great troublers of this church of C...
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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;...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII
For "to bring themselves into captivity," and to slay themselves,
putting to death "the old man, who is through lusts corrupt," and
raising the new man from de...
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2 Corinthians 10:5 down G2507 (G5723) arguments G3053 and G2532 every
G3956 thing G5313 itself G1869 (G5734
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‘For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the
flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty
before God to the casting down of strongholds, casting down
imag...
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2 Corinthians 10:5. CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS (or ‘reasonings'), AND
EVERY HIGH THING THAT IS EXALTED (or ‘exalteth itself) AGAINST THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY TO T...
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CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS
(λογισμους καθαιρουντες). The same military
figure (καθαιρεσις) and the present active participle
agreeing with στρατευομεθα in verse 2 Corinthians 10:3
(verse 2 Corinthian...
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2 Corinthians 10:5
I. The power of thought. The ability to think is (1) man's great
distinction, (2) the instrument of all his work, and (3) the great
material with which he works.
II. For our though...
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CONTENTS: Vindication of Paul's apostleship, and his appeal to
Corinthians as brethren in Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The servants of Christ should be sensible of their own
inf...
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2 Corinthians 10:1. _Who in presence am base among you, but being
absent am bold towards you._ Paul retorts ironically the unworthy
insinuations of the false teachers, sent out by the sanhedrim of
Jer...
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EVERY PROUD OBSTACLE. This is human pride, human wisdom, things
erected as a wall against God. These grow out of worldly motives!
Compare 1 John 2:16. EVERY THOUGHT. Paul wants to do more than win
arg...
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_For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh _
THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD
What is conceded by the apostle in the text as to the general state of
the servants of...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1 Paul’s Appeal to the
Rebellious Minority in Corinth. In the third major section of his
letter, Paul directly appeals to those who are still rejecting his
gospe...
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CHAPTER 10
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. In this and the two next Chapter s Paul defends his apostleship
against the false apostles, who held him up to contempt as vile and
despicable, and accused him o...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
REMARKABLE CHANGE OF TONE here, and henceforward. So remarkable
that—in last century, for the first time, then in beginning of this,
and again, after a respite, during the last fifty...
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EXPOSITION
With this chapter begins the last great section of the Epistle (verse
1-2 Corinthians 13:10), which contains an impassioned vindication of
the apostle's position as compared with that of hi...
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Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of
Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent [I am]
bold toward you (2 Corinthians 10:1):
This is one of the charges that...
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1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Peter
1:14;...
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Casting down [κ α θ α ι ρ ο υ ν τ ε ς]. Not the weapons,
but we : we war, casting down, etc.
High thing [υ ψ ω μ α]. Only here and Romans 8:39. Falling in
with the metaphor of strongholds. High milita...
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Destroying all vain reasonings, and every high thing which exalteth
itself — As a wall or rampart. Against the knowledge of God, and
bringing every thought — Or, rather, faculty of the mind. Into
capt...