2 Corinthians 10:4

American Standard Version (1901)

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

(Τὰ γὰρ ὅπλα τῆς στρατείας ἡμῶν οὐ σαρκικὰ, ἀλλὰ δυνατὰ τῷ Θεῷ πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ὀχυρωμάτων·) ⋄Λογισμούς καθαιροῦντες,

Transliteration

(The Ta gar hopla of the tēs strateias of us hēmōn not ou sarkika, but alla dunata to the tō Theō for pros kathairesin ochurōmatōn;) Logismous kathairountes,

Grammar Details

• *Ta*: nominative/accusative, neuter, plural article - the
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *hopla*: nominative/accusative, neuter, plural - weapons/tools/equipment
• *tēs*: genitive, feminine, singular article - the
• *strateias*: genitive, feminine, singular - warfare/campaign/expedition
• *hēmōn*: genitive, plural personal pronoun - of us/our
• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *sarkika*: nominative, neuter, plural adjective - fleshly/carnal
• *alla*: adversative conjunction - but
• *dunata*: nominative, neuter, plural adjective - powerful/mighty/able
• *tō*: dative, masculine, singular article - the
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - God
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - for/toward
• *kathairesin*: accusative, feminine, singular - demolition/destruction/tearing down
• *ochurōmatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - strongholds/fortresses
• *Logismous*: accusative, masculine, plural - reasonings/thoughts/arguments
• *kathairountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - demolishing/destroying/tearing down

Word Meanings

• *hopla*: weapons/tools/equipment/armor
• *strateias*: warfare/campaign/expedition/military service
• *sarkika*: fleshly/carnal/worldly/human
• *dunata*: powerful/mighty/able/strong
• *Theō*: God/deity
• *kathairesin*: demolition/destruction/pulling down/removal
• *ochurōmatōn*: strongholds/fortresses/fortifications
• *Logismous*: reasonings/thoughts/arguments/speculations
• *kathairountes*: demolishing/destroying/tearing down/removing

Referenced Verses

• Jer 1:10 : 10 see, 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.
• 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
• 2 Cor 13:3-4 : 3 seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you: 4 for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
• 1 Cor 2:5 : 5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;
• Eph 6:13-18 : 13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one] . 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
• 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Isa 41:14-16 : 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 16 Thou shalt winnow 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.
• 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
• Josh 6:20 : 20 So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
• 1 Sam 17:45-50 : 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his 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 upon his face to the earth. 50 So 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.
• Heb 11:30 : 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days.
• Heb 11:32-33 : 32 And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
• 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
• Ps 110:2 : 2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
• Isa 30:25 : 25 And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks [and] streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
• Judg 7:13-23 : 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto 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 unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host. 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight. 22 And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
• Judg 15:14-16 : 14 When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands. 15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
• Zech 4:6-7 : 6 Then he answered and spake 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. 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.
• Acts 7:22 : 22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
• Rom 6:13 : 13 neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
• Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
• 1 Cor 1:18-24 : 18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. 22 Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
• 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
• 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
• 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.