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2 Cor. 10:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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(For the weaponsb of our warfarec are not carnal, but mighty γthroughd God to the pulling downf of strong holds;)

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Eph. 6:13• ¹³For this reason take to you the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)

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1 Thess. 5:8• ⁸but *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation; (1 Thess. 5:8)

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1 Tim. 1:18• ¹⁸This charge, my child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:18)

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2 Cor. 13:3‑4• ³Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,
⁴for if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed *we* are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you,) (2 Cor. 13:3‑4)

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or, to.

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Jer. 1:10• ¹⁰See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant. (Jer. 1:10)

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the weapons.

2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the arms of righteousness on the right hand and left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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Rom. 6:13• ¹³Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God. (Rom. 6:13)

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Rom. 6• (Rom. 6)

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Rom. 13:12• ¹²The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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Eph. 6:13‑18• ¹³For this reason take to you the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.
¹⁴Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
¹⁵and shod your feet with the preparation of the glad tidings of peace:
¹⁶besides all these, having taken the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one.
¹⁷Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
¹⁸praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints; (Eph. 6:13‑18)

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1 Thess. 5:8• ⁸but *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation; (1 Thess. 5:8)

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1 Tim. 1:18• ¹⁸This charge, my child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:18)

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2 Tim. 2:3• ³Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim. 2:3)

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2 Cor. 3:5• ⁵not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency is of God; (2 Cor. 3:5)

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2 Cor. 4:7• ⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us: (2 Cor. 4:7)

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2 Cor. 13:3‑4• ³Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,
⁴for if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed *we* are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you,) (2 Cor. 13:3‑4)

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Judg. 7:13‑23• ¹³And Gideon came, and behold, a man was telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it; and the tent lay along.
¹⁴And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, the man of Israel: God hath given into his hand Midian and all the host.
¹⁵And it came to pass when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped. And he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.
¹⁶And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, and empty pitchers, and torches within the pitchers.
¹⁷And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise; behold, when I come to the extremity of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
¹⁸And when I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, ye also shall blow the trumpets around the whole camp, and shall say, For Jehovah and for Gideon!
¹⁹And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
²⁰And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!
²¹And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.
²²And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
²³And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian. (Judg. 7:13‑23)

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Judg. 15:14‑16• ¹⁴When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flax that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
¹⁵And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.
¹⁶And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men. (Judg. 15:14‑16)

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1 Sam. 17:45‑50• ⁴⁵And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with javelin; but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
⁴⁶This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God;
⁴⁷and all this congregation shall know that Jehovah saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hands.
⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and advanced to meet David, that David hasted, and ran towards the ranks to meet the Philistine.
⁴⁹And David put his hand into the bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the earth.
⁵⁰So David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and killed him; and there was no sword in the hand of David. (1 Sam. 17:45‑50)

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Psa. 110:2• ²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)

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Isa. 41:14‑16• ¹⁴Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
¹⁶thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 41:14‑16)

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Zech. 4:6‑7• ⁶And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
⁷Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou dost become a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it! (Zech. 4:6‑7)

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Acts 7:22• ²²And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds. (Acts 7:22)

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1 Cor. 1:18‑24• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
²²Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;
²³but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;
²⁴but to those that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom. (1 Cor. 1:18‑24)

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1 Cor. 2:5• ⁵that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power. (1 Cor. 2:5)

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2 Cor. 13:3• ³Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you, (2 Cor. 13:3)

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Heb. 11:32‑33• ³²And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:
³³who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths, (Heb. 11:32‑33)

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or, to God.

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Josh. 6:20• ²⁰And the people shouted, and they blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat; and the people went up into the city, each one straight before him, and they took the city. (Josh. 6:20)

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Isa. 30:25• ²⁵And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every hill that is lifted up, brooks and water-courses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (Isa. 30:25)

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Jer. 1:10• ¹⁰See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant. (Jer. 1:10)

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Heb. 11:30• ³⁰By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. (Heb. 11:30)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to Godi to the overthrow of strongholds;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "divinely powerful," as a Hebraism; or "in a divine way", before God, in His view; bringing Him in; or "through God." Moses was "beautiful to God" or "divinely beautiful" (Acts 7.20).

W. Kelly Translation

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For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly but powerful witha God to the pulling down of strongholds,

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"With God" may be "before," "according to," or "for" him. It is the dative which admits of all these shades, of which it is not easy to decide which is best.