2 Corinthians 10:5

Coverdale Bible (1535)

wherwith we ouerthrowe ymaginacions, & euery hye thinge yt exalteth it selfe agaynst the knowlege of God, and brynge in to captiuyte all vnderstondinge to the obedience of Christ,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

καὶ πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον κατὰ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντες πᾶν νόημα εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ·

Transliteration

and kai every pan hupsōma epairomenon against kata the tēs gnōseōs of the tou Theou, and kai aichmalōtizontes every pan noēma into eis the tēn hupakoēn of the tou Christou;

Grammar Details

• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *pan*: accusative, neuter, singular adjective - every/all
• *hupsōma*: accusative, neuter, singular - height/high thing/lofty thing
• *epairomenon*: present middle/passive participle, accusative, neuter, singular - raising itself/being raised
• *kata*: preposition + genitive - against
• *tēs*: genitive, feminine, singular article - the
• *gnōseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - knowledge
• *tou*: genitive, masculine, singular article - the
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God
• *aichmalōtizontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - taking captive
• *noēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - thought/mind/perception
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into/for
• *tēn*: accusative, feminine, singular article - the
• *hupakoēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - obedience
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

• *hupsōma*: height/high thing/lofty thing/elevation/pride
• *epairomenon*: raising itself/being raised/exalting itself
• *gnōseōs*: knowledge/understanding
• *Theou*: God/deity
• *aichmalōtizontes*: taking captive/leading captive/bringing into subjection
• *noēma*: thought/mind/perception/understanding/intention
• *hupakoēn*: obedience/compliance/submission
• *Christou*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One

Referenced Verses

• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy.
• Rom 7:23 : 23 but I se another lawe in my membres, which stryueth agaynst ye lawe of my mynde, and taketh me presoner in ye lawe of synne, which is in my membres.
• 1 Pet 1:14-15 : 14 as obedient childre, not fasshionynge youre selues to yor olde lustes of ignoraunce: 15 but as he which hath called you is holy, eue so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion:
• Heb 4:12 : 12 For ye worde of God is quycke, and mightie in operacion, and sharper the eny two edged swerde, and entreth thorow, euen to the deuydinge of the soule & the sprete, and of ye ioyntes & the mary, and is a iudger of the thoughtes & intetes of the hert,
• Rom 1:21 : 21 in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad the vnrightuous his ymaginacios, & turne agayne vnto the LORDE, so shal he be merciful vnto him: and to oure God, for he is redy to forgeue.
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O Ierusalem, wash thine hert from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped. How longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the?
• Isa 2:11-12 : 11 Which casteth downe ye high lokes of presumptuous personnes, and bryngeth lowe the pryde of ma, and he only shall be exalted in ye daye. 12 For the daye of ye LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde & presumpcio, vpon all the that exalte the selues, and shal bringe them all downe?
• Ps 10:4 : 4 The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacio, that he careth not: nether is God before his eyes.
• 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is wrytte: I wyl destroye the wyssdome of the wyse, & wil cast away the vnderstondinge of ye prudet.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And he beynge made perfecte, became the cause of euerlastinge saluacio, vnto all the yt obeye him,
• Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is opened, & shewed by the scriptures of ye prophetes, at the comaundemet of the euerlastinge God, to set vp ye obediece of the faith amonge all Heythen:
• 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse.
• 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men,
• Phil 3:4-9 : 4 though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce in ye flesh. Yf eny other ma thynke that he hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh, moch more I, 5 which was circucysed on the eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues: as concernynge the lawe a Pharise: 6 as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cogregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. 7 But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake. 8 Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ, 9 & be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith,
• Isa 59:7 : 7 Their fete runne to euell, & they make haist to shed innocet bloude. Their coucels are wicked coucels, harme & destruccio are in their wayes.
• Isa 2:17 : 17 And it shall bringe downe the pryde of man, and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe, and the LORDE shal only haue the victory in that daye.
• Ps 139:2 : 2 Thou art aboute my path & aboute my bedd, & spyest out all my wayes.
• Prov 15:26 : 26 The LORDE abhoreth ye ymaginacions of ye wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.
• 2 Kgs 19:22 : 22 Whom hast thou despysed & blasphemed? Ouer whom hast thou lifte vp thy voyce? Eue agaynst ye holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine eyes:
• 2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me, and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares, therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose, and a brydle bytt in thy lippes, and wyll brynge the agayne, euen the same waye thou camest.
• Job 40:11-12 : 11 poure out the indignacion of thy wrath: se that thou cast downe all ye proude, 12 loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete,
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,
• 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shal that wicked be vttered, whom the LORDE shal cosume with ye sprete of his mouth, & shal destroye with the appearaunce of his commynge:
• 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 but that foolish is before the worlde, hath God chosen, that he mighte cofounde the wyse: And that weake is before ye worlde, hath God chosen, yt he mighte confounde the mightye. 28 And the vyle and despysed before the worlde hath God chosen, yee and that which is nothinge, that he mighte destroye that which is oughte, 29 that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Wherfore I geue myne owne self ye blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done.
• Exod 5:2 : 2 Pharao answered: What felowe is the LORDE, that I must heare his voyce, and let Israel go?
• Exod 9:16-17 : 16 Yet haue I stered ye vp for this cause, euen to shew my power vpon ye, and that my name might be declared in all londes. 17 Thou holdest my people yet, & wilt not let them go,
• Deut 15:9 : 9 Bewarre, that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert, that thou woldest saye: The seuenth yeare, the yeare of Fredome is at honde. For yf thou lokest not fredly vpo thy poore brother, and geuest him nothinge then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE, and it shall be synne vnto the:
• Prov 24:9 : 9 The thoughte of ye foolish is synne, & ye scornefull is an abhominacion vnto me.
• Ps 18:27 : 27 For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed, & brige downe the hye lokes of the proude.
• Ps 18:44 : 44 A people whom I haue not knowne, shall serue me.
• Ps 110:2-3 : 2 The LORDE shal sende the rodde of thy power out of Sion, be thou ruler euen in ye myddest amonge thine enemies. 3 In the daye of thy power shal thy people offre the frewill offeringes with an holy worshipe, ye dewe of thy byrth is of the wobe of the mornynge.
• Isa 60:14 : 14 Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the, yt haue vexed the: & all they that despised ye, shal fall downe at yi fote. Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE, the holy Sion of Israel.
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 which is an aduersary, and is exalted aboue all yt is called God or Gods seruyce, so that he sytteth as God in the temple of God, and boasteth himselfe to be God.
• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the felde shall knowe, that I the LORDE haue brought downe the hie tre, and set the lowe tre vp: that I haue dryed vp the grene tre, and made the drye tre to florish: Euen I the LORDE yt spake it, haue also brought it to passe.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 The dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loaue, magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his workes are true, and his wayes right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bri bringe them downe.
• Dan 5:23-30 : 23 but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen, so that the vessels off his house were brought before the: that thou, and thy lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, might drynke wyne therout: And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde, copper and yron, off wodde & stone: As for the God, in whose honde consisteth thy breth ad all thy wayes: thou hast not loaued him. 24 Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him, to token vp this wrytinge. 25 And this is the scripture, that is written vp: Mane, Thetel, Phares. 26 Now the interpretacion off the thynge is this: Mane, God hath nombred thy kyngdome, and brought it to an ende: 27 Thetel, Thou art weyed in the balaunce, and art founde to light: 28 Phares, Thy kyngdome is delt in partes, and geuen to the Medes and Perses. 29 Then commaunded Balthasar, to cloth Daniel with purple, to hange a cheyne off golde aboute his necke, and to make a proclamacion concernynge him: that he shulde be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyngdome. 30 The very same night was Balthasar the kynge off the Caldees slayne,
• Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke and lowlye of hert, & ye shal fynde rest vnto youre soules: 30 for my yock is easy, and my burden is light.
• Luke 1:51 : 51 He sheweth strength with his arme, and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert.
• Acts 4:25-26 : 25 that by the mouth of Dauid thy seruaut hast sayde: Why do the Heythe rage? and ye people ymagin vayne thinges? 26 The kynges of the earth stonde vp, and the prynces haue gathered them selues together agaynst ye LORDE, and agaynst his. Christ.
• Acts 9:4-6 : 4 and he fell to the earth, and herde a voyce, which sayde vnto him: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? 5 He sayde: LORDE, who art thou? The LORDE sayde: I am Iesus, who thou persecutest. It shalbe harde for ye to kycke agaynst the prycke. 6 And he both tremblinge and astonnyed, sayde: LORDE what wilt thou that I shal do? The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go into the cite, there shal it be tolde the what thou shalt do.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen, to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name,
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete, vnto obedience and sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you.