2Cor 10:4-5, Heb 4:12 | Geneva | STEP | (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not {c} carnal, but mighty through {d} God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (c) Are not those weapons that men get authority over one another with, and do great acts. (d) Stand upon the foundation of God's infinite power.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not {c} carnal, but mighty through {d} God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

(c) Are not those weapons that men get authority over one another with, and do great acts. (d) Stand upon the foundation of God's infinite power. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, {3} and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

(3) An amplification of this spiritual power, which conquers the enemies in such a way, be they ever so crafty and mighty, that it brings some of them by repentance to Christ, and justly avenges others that are stubbornly obstinate, separating them from the others who allow themselves to be ruled.

Hebrews 4:12

{4} For the {e} word of God [is] {f} quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of {g} soul and {h} spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

(4) An amplification taken from the nature of the word of God, so powerful that it enters even to the deepest and most inward and secret parts of the heart, fatally wounding the stubborn, and openly reviving the believers. (e) The doctrine of God which is preached both in the law and in the gospel. (f) He calls the word of God living, because of the effect it has on those to whom it is preached. (g) He calls the seat of emotions "soul". (h) By "spirit" he means the mind.