For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
2 Corinthians 10:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Indeed, we live as humans but do not wage war according to human standards, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. American Standard Version (1901) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh Common English Bible Although we live in the world, we don’t fight our battles with human methods. Catholic Public Domain Version For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. |
For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?
for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments
and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
This charge I commit to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,
I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,