2 Corinthians 10:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν σαρκὶ γὰρ περιπατοῦντες, οὐ κατὰ σάρκα στρατευόμεθα:

Transliteration

In en sarki gar peripatountes, not ou according to kata sarka strateuometha:

Grammar Details

*en*: preposition + dative - in
*sarki*: dative, feminine, singular - flesh
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*peripatountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - walking/living
*ou*: negative particle - not
*kata*: preposition + accusative - according to
*sarka*: accusative, feminine, singular - flesh
*strateuometha*: present middle indicative, 1st person plural - we wage war/campaign/fight

Word Meanings

*sarki*: flesh/human body/physical existence
*peripatountes*: walking/living/conducting ourselves
*sarka*: flesh/human nature/physical existence/carnal nature
*strateuometha*: wage war/campaign/fight/serve as soldiers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 {G4771} {G3767} Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
1 Pet 4:1-2 : 1 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered {G5228} {G2257} in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may war the good warfare;
2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
Rom 8:13 : 13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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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