2 CORINTHIANS 10

TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO BE OBEDIENT TO CHRIST 

Although Paul is meek and gentle in person, he is able to speak with boldness and confidence in his letters to the Corinthians. Paul speaks of spiritual warfare, the unseen battle between righteousness and sin. Paul says that the battle for believers is not a physical battle, but a spiritual war. Paul encourages believers to take their thoughts captive and reject ideas that oppose the teaching of Jesus.

Paul defends his right to speak into the issues faced by the Corinthians. Although there may be other teachers who have a stronger presence or more eloquent teaching, Paul remains confident in God’s calling for his life. Boasting in God’s goodness, Paul reminds the Corinthians that he was the one who God used to bring the gospel to Corinth. Wanting to increase the influence of the message of Jesus, Paul continues to preach and fulfill the role in which God called him.