2 Corinthians 10:2–3: But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
Paul did not come as an ordinary man who was dependent upon the principles of the natural. Paul didn’t come to Corinth to put on a Madison Avenue campaign. He didn’t use the methods of advertising and organization in human effort and energy. This does not mean that there is no time for us to use these. I am just saying that Paul didn’t use them. He was not one of the “personality boys” who uses cleverness with many quotations and cliches and who soars to heights of beautiful language. He didn’t come on an anti–Nero or an anti–Caesar campaign. He didn’t come to Corinth to clean up the city. He didn’t come at the invitation of the Christians to put on a campaign.
Paul had a grand perspective of an entire battlefield. There was a heaven to gain, and there was a hell to shun. He was in a warfare that was spiritual and that required spiritual weapons. 1
Personal Application
- Read 1 Timothy 1:18. What did Paul mean when he told Timothy to wage a good warfare?
Godly Encouragement
- No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. – 2 Timothy 2:4
A Biblical Thought to Share with Others
Your walk is your responsibility. So are your successes and failures. – TWEET IT
A Prayer to Consider
Lord, teach me how to walk like you, in all humility.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (2 Corinthians) (electronic ed., Vol. 45). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
