2 CORINTHIANS 10

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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August 30th 2009




  *M. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1-18*

*PAUL'S DEFENSE AGAINST FALSE APOSTLES*

*a. 10:1-2 PAUL: PREFERS TO BE GENTLE*

AuTOS de eG*O* PAUlos pa-ra-kaL*O* [3870] huMAS

*Now I Paul myself entreat you*

diA t*e*s praUt*e*-tos [4236] kai e-pi-eiKIas [1932] tou ChrisTOU,

*by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ,*

hos kaTA PROs*o*-pon [4383] men ta-peiNOS [5011] en huMIN,

*who in person is lowly among you,*

aP*O*N de tharR*O* [2292] eis huMAS:

*but absent show courage toward you:*

DEo-mai [1189], de, to m*e* paR*O*N tharR*E*sai [2292]

*2 yes, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage*

t*e* pe-poiTH*E*sei [4006] h*e* loGIzo-mai [3049] tolM*E*sai ]5111] ePI
ti-nas,

*with the confidence with which I count to be bold against some,*

tous lo-gi-zoMEnous huMAS h*o*s kaTA SARka pe-ri-paTOUNtas [4043].

*who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.*


 *b. 10:3-6 PAUL: THE STRENGTH IN HIS WEAPONS*

En sarKI gar pe-ri-paTOUNtes, ou kaTA SARka stra-teuOme-tha [4754]

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

(ta gar HOPla [3696] t*e*s straTEIas [4752] h*e*M*O*N ou sar-kiKA [4559],

*4 (for the weapons of our :warfare are not of flesh,*

alLA du-naTA [1415] t*o* The*O* pros kaTHAIre-sin [2506] o-chu-r*o*MAt*o*n
[3794]);

*but mighty before :God unto casting down of strongholds); *

lo-gisMOUS ka-thaiROUNtes [2507],

*5 casting down reasonings, *

kai pan HUps*o*-ma [5313] e-paiROme-non [1869] kaTA t*e*s GN*O*se-*o*s tou
TheOU,

*and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of :God,*

kai aich-ma-l*o*TIzon-tes [163] pan NO*e*-ma [3540] eis t*e*n hu-pa-ko*E*N
[5218] tou ChrisTOU;

*and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of the Christ;*

kai en heTOIm*o* [2092] Echon-tes ek-diK*E*sai [1556] PAsan pa-ra-ko*E*N
[3876],

*6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience,*

HOtan pl*e*-r*o*TH*E* [4137] huM*O*N h*e* hu-pa-ko*E*.

*when your :obedience shall be made full.*


 *c. 10:7a QUESTION*

Ta kaTA PROs*o*-pon [4383] BLEpe-te?

*Do you look at the things pertaining to appearance?*


 *d. 10:7b PAUL: BELONGS TO CHRIST*

ei tis PEpoi-then [3982] he-auT*O* ChrisTOU EInai,

*If any trusts in himself that he is Christ's,*

TOUto lo-giZESth*o* [3049] PAlin eph' he-auTOU,

*let him consider this again with himself,*

HOti, kaTH*O*S auTOS ChrisTOU, HOUt*o*s kai h*e*MEIS.

*that, even as he is Christ's, so also we. *


 *e. 10:8-9 PAUL'S AUTHORITY*

eAN te gar pe-ris-SOteRON [4055] ti kauCH*E*s*o*-mai [2744]

*For though I should glory somewhat more abundantly*

peRI t*e*s e-xouSIas [1849] h*e*M*O*N (h*e*s Ed*o*-ken ho KUri-os eis
oi-ko-doM*E*N [3619],

*concerning our :authority (which the Lord gave for building up,*

kai ouk eis kaTHAIre-sin [2506] huM*O*N), ouk ais-chunTH*E*so-mai [153]:

*and not for casting you down), I shall not be shamed:*

HIna m*e* DOx*o* h*o*s an ek-phoBEIN [1629] huMAS diA t*o*n e-pis-toL*O*N
[1992].

*9 that I seem not as if I would terrify you by the letters.*


 *f. 10:10 PAUL'S LETTERS VERSUS HIS PRESENCE*

HOti Hai e-pis-toLAI men, ph*e*SIN, baREIai [926] kai is-chuRAI [2478];

*Because the letters, they say, are weighty and strong;*

h*e* de pa-rouSIa tou S*O*ma-tos as-theN*E*S [772], kai ho LOgos e-xou-the-n
*e*MEnos [1848].

*but the bodily :presence is weak, and his speech of no account.*


 *g. 10:11 BUT - THE TWO ARE ONE*

TOUto lo-giZESth*o* [3049] ho toiOUtos,

*Let such a one reckon this,*

HOti, HOI-OI es-men t*o* LOg*o* di' e-pis-toL*O*N aPONtes [548],

*that, what we are in word by letters when absent,*

toiOUtoi kai paRONtes t*o* ERg*o*.

*such are we also in deed when present.*


 *h. 10:12 SELF-COMMENDATION: SIGN OF WEAKNESS*

ou gar tolM*O*men [5111] enKRInai [1469],

*For we are not bold to judge among,*

*e* sunKRInai [4793] he-auTOUS ti-sin t*o*n he-auTOUS su-nis-taNONt*o*n
[4921]:

*or to judge ourselves with certain of the them that commend themselves:*

alLA auTOI en he-auTOUS meTROUNtes [3354],

*but themselves measuring themselves by themselves,*

kai sunKRInon-tes [4793] he-auTOUS he-auTOIS, ou su-niAsin [4920].

*and judging themselves with themselves, are without understanding.*


 *i. 10:13 THE CANON THAT VALIDATES A MINISTRY*

huMEIS de ouk eis ta Ame-tra [280] kau-ch*e*SOme-tha [2744], alLA kaTA to
MEtron [3358]

*But WE will not glory beyond :measure, but according to the measure *

tou kaNOnos [2583] hou eMEri-sen [3307] h*e*MIN ho TheOS MEtrou,

*of the measuring-rod which God apportioned to us as a measure,*

e-phiKESthai [2185] ACHri kai huM*O*N. -

*to reach even unto you. -*


 *j. 10:14-16 APOSTOLIC CHURCHES: THE PROOF OF PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP*

ou gar h*o*s m*e* e-phikNOUme-nos [2185] eis huMAS,

*For we stretch not ourselves overmuch,*

hu-pe-rekTEIno-men [5239] he-auTOUS:

*as though we reached not unto you:*

Achri gar kai huM*O*N ephTHAsa-men [5348] en t*o* eu-ag-geLI*o* [2098] tou
ChrisTOU:

*for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of the Christ:*

ouk eis ta Ame-tra kauCH*O*me-noi, en al-loTRIois KOpois [2873];

*15 not glorying beyond :measure, that is, in other's labors;*

elPIda de Echon-tes, au-xa-noMEn*e*s [837] t*e*s PISte-*o*s huM*O*N,

*but having hope that, as your :faith grows,*

en huMIN me-ga-lunTH*E*nai [3170] kaTA ton kaNOna h*e*M*O*N eis pe-risSEIan
[4050],

*we shall be magnified in you according to our :measuring-rod unto
abundance,*

eis ta hu-peREkei-na huM*O*N eu-ag-geLIsas-thai [2097],

*16 so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you,*

ouk en al-loTRI*o* kaNOni eis ta HEtoi-ma kauCH*E*sas-thai.

*and** not to glory in another's measuring-rod in regard of the **thingsready.
*


 *k. 10:17 A TRUE MAXIM*

ho de kauCH*O*me-nos en KuRI*o* kauCHASth*o*.

*But who glories in the Lord let him glory.*


 *l. 10:18 SELF-COMMENDATION VERSUS THE LORD'S COMMENDATION*

ou gar ho he-auTON su-nisTAn*o*n [4921] eKEI-NOS es-tin DOki-mos [1384]

*For not that man is approved who commends himself*

alLA hon ho KUri-os suNISt*e*-sin [4921].

*but he whom the Lord commends.*



 *NOTE**: *For me, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 is the key sentence in this chapter.
I memorized it many years ago, and it has served me well. It seems that the
last bastions against God to fall in our lives - are our *thoughts*
and *thinking
processes*.


 There is an analogy from the OT that tends to clarify the seriousness of
this omission in the eyes of God. Out of some 20 kings of Judah after the
disruption of the kingdom of Israel following Solomon's serious lapse, *only
9* were good. And of these 9, only 2 removed the *High Places*: Hezekiah and
Josiah! *This* pleased God! And when *we* remove *our* high places, and
think *God's* thoughts after Him instead of our own - this is the
transformation that God is looking forward to in *us*, by the *renewing of
our mind*, Romans 12:2.


 *This* is the way of thinking that was in Paul! *This* is the secret of the
unfolding of the whole of 2 Corinthians 10. Let us too bring *every* thought
into captivity to Christ! - J.A.W.




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