Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians John Calvin (continued)
Chapter
2 Corinthians 10:1-6
2 Corinthians 10:1-6 1. Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
1. Pro ipse ego Paulus exhortor vos 1632 per lenitatem et mansuetudinem Christi, qui secundum faciem humilis quidem sum inter vos, absens autem audax sum in vos.
2. But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2. Rogo autem, ne praesens audeam ea fiducia, qua cogito audax esse in quosdam, qui nos aestimant, acsi secundum carnem ambularemus.
3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 3. Nam in carne ambulantes, non secundum carnem militamus. 4. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
4. Siquidem arma militiae nostrae non carnilia sunt, sed potentia Deo ad destructionem munitionum, quibus consilia destruimus.
5. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
5. Et omnem celsitudinem, quae extollitur adversus cognitionem Dei: et captivam ducimus omnem cogitationem ad obediendum Christo: 1633
6. And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
6. Et in promptu habemus vindictam adversus omnem inobedientiam, quum impleta fuerit vestra obedientia.
Having finished his exhortation, he now proceeds partly to refute the calumnies with which he had been defamed by the false apostles, and partly
1632"Je vous exhorte, ou prie;" — "I exhort or entreat you." 1633"Et reduisons en captiuite toute intelligence, ou, amenans conme prisonnier, toute," etc.; — "And we bring into captivity every thought, or, leading forth as a prisoner every," etc.