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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• ¹³On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)

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

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1 Tim. 1:18• ¹⁸This charge I commit to thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies on thee going before, that by them thou mightest war the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:18)

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2 Cor. 13:3‑4• ³Since ye seek a proof of the Christ speaking in me (who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you,
⁴for although he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth by God's power; for indeed we are weak in him, but shall live with him by God's power toward 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 root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jer. 1:10)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God. Through the arms of righteousness on the right and left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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Rom. 6:13• ¹³nor be yielding your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive out of [the] dead, and your members as 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 therefore put off the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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Eph. 6:13‑18• ¹³On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand.
¹⁴Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
¹⁵and having shod your feet with [the] preparation of the gospel of peace;
¹⁶besides all, having taken up the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one;
¹⁷and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
¹⁸with all prayer and supplication praying in every season in [the] Spirit, and thereunto watching 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 day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:8)

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1 Tim. 1:18• ¹⁸This charge I commit to thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies on thee going before, that by them thou mightest war the good warfare, (1 Tim. 1:18)

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

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2 Cor. 3:5• ⁵not that we are competent from ourselves to reckon 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 earthenware vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be God's, and not of us, (2 Cor. 4:7)

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2 Cor. 13:3‑4• ³Since ye seek a proof of the Christ speaking in me (who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you,
⁴for although he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth by God's power; for indeed we are weak in him, but shall live with him by God's power toward you), (2 Cor. 13:3‑4)

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Judg. 7:13‑23• ¹³And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
¹⁴And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
¹⁵And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
¹⁶And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
¹⁷{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁸{i}And 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!{/i}
¹⁹{i}And 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}And 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!{/i}
²¹{i}And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.{/i}
²²{i}And 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.{/i}
²³{i}And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.{/i} (Judg. 7:13‑23)

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Judg. 15:14‑16• ¹⁴And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
¹⁵And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
¹⁶And Samson said,{HR}With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,{HR}With the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. (Judg. 15:14‑16)

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1 Sam. 17:45‑50• ⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: 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 into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasss of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God, in Israel;
⁴⁷and all this assembly shall know that Jehovah saveth 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 drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and he ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but 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 rod of thy might out of Zion:{HR}Rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)

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Isa. 41:14‑16• ¹⁴Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵Behold, I have made thee a new sharp threshing instrument having 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• ⁶{i}And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power,{/i} but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts{i}.
⁷Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, 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 works. (Acts 7:22)

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1 Cor. 1:18‑24• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to those that perish foolishness, but to us that are to be saved it is God's power.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and put away the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²¹For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe;
²²since both Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek wisdom;
²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles 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 be in man'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 the Christ speaking in me (who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in 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, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets;
³³who through faith subdued 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• ²⁰So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man 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 high hill, brooks, 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 root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, 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 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;

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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,

WK Translation Notes

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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.