2 Korintus 3:5

3:5 Not that we are adequate ¹  in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy ²  is from God,

2 Korintus 10:4

10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, ³  but are made powerful by God ⁴  for tearing down strongholds. ⁵  We tear down arguments ⁶ 

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “competent.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “competence.”

[10:4]  ³ tn Grk “are not fleshly [weapons].” The repetition of the word “warfare” does not occur in the Greek text, but is supplied for clarity.

[10:4]  ⁴ tn Or “but (are) divinely powerful,” “but they have divine power,” or “but are powerful for God’s [service]”; Grk “but are powerful to God.”

[10:4]  ⁵ sn Ultimately Paul is referring here to the false arguments of his opponents, calling them figuratively “strongholds.” This Greek word (ὀχύρωμα, ocurwma) is used only here in the NT.

[10:4]  ⁶ tn Or “speculations.”