For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
Parallel translations
- WEB For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
- BSB For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
- NKJV For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
- NASB For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage battle according to the flesh,
- NLT We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do.
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Quick answer
Though Paul lives as a human being, he does not fight his spiritual battles using worldly methods. His warfare operates on a different plane.
Overview
Paul concedes that he is an ordinary man 'in the flesh,' but insists his ministry does not rely on fleshly weapons such as manipulation, eloquence for its own sake, or human power. The Christian's struggle is spiritual, waged by means God provides, not by the tactics of the world.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Cor 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
- Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- 1 Pet 4:1–2Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- Rom 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
- 2 Tim 2:3–4Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Tim 1:18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- Heb 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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