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2 Corinthians 10

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2 Corinthians 10

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Second Epistle to the Corinthians

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 Saint Timothy.

Contents

Text

  • The original text is written in Koine Greek.
  • Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 46 (c. AD 200)
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (c. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. AD 450; extant: verses 1-7)
  • Codex Freerianus (c. AD 450; extant: verses 1,8-10,17-18)
  • Codex Claromontanus (c. AD 550)
  • This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

  • 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 = The Spiritual War
  • 2 Corinthians 10:7-11 = Reality of Paul’s Authority
  • 2 Corinthians 10:12-18 = Limits of Paul’s Authority

    • Verse 17

    New King James Version

    But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
  • But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

    • Not in himself, nor in his outward circumstances of life, or inward endowments of mind; not in his natural or acquired parts; not in his wisdom, knowledge, learning, and eloquence; nor in his own righteousness, labours, and services, much less in other men's labours; nor in his own sense of himself; nor in the opinion and popular applause of others; but in the Lord Jesus Christ, as the author and donor of all gifts, natural and spiritual; in his wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; and in his judgment and approbation of men and things, which sense the following words direct unto.

    References

    2 Corinthians 10 Wikipedia
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