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2 Corinthians Outline

      • Paul defends his ministry (1-18)

        • Our weapons not fleshly (4, 5)

2 Corinthians 10:1

Marginal References

  • +Mt 11:29, 30
  • +1Co 2:3
  • +2Co 10:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    4/1/2003, p. 24

    8/1/1994, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    w03 4/1 24; w94 8/1 15-16;

    w73 473; w63 131; w62 80; w60 70

2 Corinthians 10:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 604

  • Publications Index

    it-1 604;

    w54 698

2 Corinthians 10:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1169

    Reasoning, p. 271

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1169; rs 271;

    w76 585-586; w73 159-160; ad 1646; g65 2/22 14; w64 484; w62 301, 702; w57 501; sr55 250; w54 698; w39 325; w37 172

2 Corinthians 10:4

Marginal References

  • +Mt 26:52; 1Ti 1:18, 19
  • +2Co 6:4, 7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 592, 1193

    The Watchtower (Study),

    9/2016, p. 8

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/2010, pp. 12-13

    9/15/2009, p. 22

    10/1/1999, p. 11

    2/1/1994, p. 12

    Reasoning, p. 271

  • Publications Index

    it-2 592, 1193; w16.09 8; w10 2/15 12-13; w09 9/15 22; w99 10/1 11; w94 2/1 12; rs 271;

    w83 3/1 20; w77 30; w76 585-586; w73 159-160; ad 1662; w67 529; w66 324; li 290; g65 2/22 14; w64 484; w63 528; w61 433; w57 497, 501; w56 364; w54 698; w53 454; w39 325; w37 172

2 Corinthians 10:5

Marginal References

  • +1Co 1:19, 20; 3:19, 20; 2Ti 2:24, 25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    6/2019, pp. 8-13

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 592

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2013, p. 27

    2/15/2010, pp. 12-13

    10/1/1999, p. 11

    2/1/1994, p. 12

    2/1/1987, p. 13

    Awake!,

    6/8/1994, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    w19.06 8-10, 12-13; it-2 592; w13 8/15 27; w10 2/15 12-13; w99 10/1 11; w94 2/1 12; g94 6/8 21; w87 2/1 13;

    w83 3/1 20; w73 159-160; w66 324; g66 12/8 4; w65 164; w63 110, 528; w60 106; w57 501; sr55 250; w53 454; w39 325

2 Corinthians 10:6

Marginal References

  • +1Ti 1:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1150

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1150;

    w54 698

2 Corinthians 10:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 604

  • Publications Index

    it-1 604

2 Corinthians 10:8

Marginal References

  • +Heb 13:17

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w52 411; w48 280

2 Corinthians 10:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2000, p. 13

    11/15/1996, p. 13

  • Publications Index

    w00 6/15 13; w96 11/15 13;

    w69 335; g63 12/22 28; w49 196

2 Corinthians 10:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “what we are in word.”

  • *

    Lit., “also be in action.”

Marginal References

  • +2Co 13:2

2 Corinthians 10:12

Marginal References

  • +2Co 5:12
  • +Pr 26:12; Ga 6:3

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w74 269-270; w74 562; w62 80; w49 91; w38 78

2 Corinthians 10:13

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “apportioned by measure to us.”

Marginal References

  • +Ac 9:15; Ga 2:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2008, p. 28

  • Publications Index

    w08 7/15 28;

    w63 248; w62 631

2 Corinthians 10:14

Marginal References

  • +1Co 3:10; 4:15

2 Corinthians 10:17

Footnotes

  • *

    See App. A5.

Marginal References

  • +Jer 9:24; 1Co 1:31

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    7/8/1999, pp. 20-21

  • Publications Index

    g99 7/8 20-21

2 Corinthians 10:18

Footnotes

  • *

    See App. A5.

Marginal References

  • +Lu 18:10-14
  • +1Co 4:5; 2Ti 2:15

Parallel Translations

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General

2 Cor. 10:1Mt 11:29, 30
2 Cor. 10:11Co 2:3
2 Cor. 10:12Co 10:10
2 Cor. 10:4Mt 26:52; 1Ti 1:18, 19
2 Cor. 10:42Co 6:4, 7
2 Cor. 10:51Co 1:19, 20; 3:19, 20; 2Ti 2:24, 25
2 Cor. 10:61Ti 1:20
2 Cor. 10:8Heb 13:17
2 Cor. 10:112Co 13:2
2 Cor. 10:122Co 5:12
2 Cor. 10:12Pr 26:12; Ga 6:3
2 Cor. 10:13Ac 9:15; Ga 2:8
2 Cor. 10:141Co 3:10; 4:15
2 Cor. 10:17Jer 9:24; 1Co 1:31
2 Cor. 10:18Lu 18:10-14
2 Cor. 10:181Co 4:5; 2Ti 2:15
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
2 Corinthians 10:1-18

The Second to the Corinthians

10 Now I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the mildness and kindness of the Christ,+ lowly though I am when among you face-to-face,+ but bold toward you when absent.+ 2 I beg that when present, I may not have to be bold and take the strong measures that I expect against some who view us as if we walked in a fleshly manner. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage warfare according to what we are in the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly,+ but powerful by God+ for overturning strongly entrenched things. 5 For we are overturning reasonings and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God,+ and we are bringing every thought into captivity to make it obedient to the Christ; 6 and we are prepared to inflict punishment for every disobedience,+ as soon as your own obedience is complete.

7 You look at things according to their face value. If anyone is confident in himself that he belongs to Christ, let him reflect again on this fact: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we also. 8 For even if I should boast a bit too much about the authority that the Lord gave us to build you up and not to tear you down,+ I would not be put to shame. 9 For I do not want to seem as though I were trying to terrify you by my letters. 10 For they say: “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his presence in person is weak and his speech contemptible.” 11 Let such a man consider that what we say* by letters when absent, this we will also do* when present.+ 12 For we do not dare to class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who recommend themselves.+ But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.+

13 However, we will not boast outside our assigned boundaries, but within the boundary of the territory that God measured out to us,* making it reach even as far as you.+ 14 Really, we are not overextending ourselves as if we did not reach you, for we were the first to reach as far as you with the good news about the Christ.+ 15 No, we are not boasting outside our assigned boundaries about the labors of someone else, but we hope that as your faith continues to increase, what we have done may be made to increase, within our territory. Then we will abound still more, 16 so that we may declare the good news to the countries beyond you, so as not to boast in what has already been done in someone else’s territory. 17 “But the one who boasts, let him boast in Jehovah.”*+ 18 For it is not the one who recommends himself who is approved,+ but the one whom Jehovah* recommends.+

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