2 Corinthians 10

2 Corinthians 10 is the tenth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE.[1] According to theologian Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer, chapters 10–13 "contain the third chief section of the Epistle, the apostle's polemic vindication of his apostolic dignity and efficiency, and then the conclusion".[2]

2 Corinthians 10
A folio of Papyrus 46 (written c. AD 200), containing 2 Corinthians 11:33–12:9. This manuscript contains almost complete parts of the whole Pauline epistles.
BookSecond Epistle to the Corinthians
CategoryPauline epistles
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part8

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Old Testament references

New Testament references

Verse 4
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world (New International Version).[3]

The weapons (Greek: ὅπλα, opla) which Paul refers to are "not carnal", (Greek: ου σαρκικα, ou sarkika). He does not rely on human power and authority or on learning or eloquence.[4]

Verse 10

Paul knows that he is criticised for being bold and direct in his writings but treated as weak and unassertive when he is present: he has made the same point in verse 1,

I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away.[5]

Biblical commentator Edward Plumptre notes also the criticism that Paul's delay in returning to Corinth, which he has explained in 2 Corinthians 2:15–17, was also considered to be "a proof that he was shirking [an] encounter".[6]

Verse 17
But "he who glories, let him glory in the Lord."[7]

Believers should not glories in oneself, nor in outward circumstances of life, or inward endowments of mind, but in the Lord Jesus Christ, as the author and donor of all gifts, natural and spiritual.[8]

See also

References
  1. MacDonald 2007, p. 1134.
  2. Meyer's NT Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10, accessed September 8, 2017
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:4
  4. Benson Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10, accessed September 8, 2017
  5. 2 Corinthians 10:1
  6. Plumptre, E., Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers on 2 Corinthians 10, accessed September 9,2017
  7. 2 Corinthians 10:17 NKJV
  8. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, 2 Corinthians 10:17

Sources
  • MacDonald, Margaret (2007). "66. 2 Corinthians". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 1134–1151. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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