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The weapons of our warfare (ta hopla tēs strateias). Strateia (old word, in N.T. only here and 1Ti 1:18) is campaign and not army as some MSS. have (stratia). But both strateia and stratia occur in the papyri for the same word (Deissmann, Bible Studies, p. 181f.). For hopla (Latin arma) see note on 2Co 6:7; note on Rom 6:13; note on Rom 13:12.
Of the flesh (sarkika). See note on 1Co 3:3; note on 2Co 1:12. They had accused him of artifices and craft.
Mighty before God (dunata tōi theōi). This dative of personal interest (ethical dative) can be like asteios tōi theōi (Act 7:20), in God’s eyes, as it looks to God.
To the casting down of strongholds (pros kathairesin ochurōmatōn). Kathairesis is old word from kathaireō, to take down, to tear down walls and buildings. Carries on the military metaphor. Ochurōma is old word, common in the Apocrypha, from ochuroō, to fortify, and that from ochuros (from echō, to hold fast). Nowhere else in N.T. In Cilicia the Romans had to tear down many rocky forts in their attacks on the pirates.