
[Bible] Episode 242: Lisa Marie Bowens - The Cosmic Battle in 2 Corinthians
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The Ascent Account of Paul's Spiritual Warfare
Second Corinthians 10: "Although we walk in the flesh, we do not wage and this is my translation. For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God for the destruction of strongholds" Paul doesn't leave this language behind after chapter 10; you see it in chapter 11, 12 with the accept text. So I try to show a connection between 12 and 10. And my subsequent work after this book has looked at martial imagery even earlier in the letter. It's a thing that really begins early on in the letter chapter two, all the way to chapter 12.
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