2Cor 10, 1-5 We do not battle according to the flesh

2Corinthians 10

(2Cor 10, 1-5) We do not battle according to the flesh

[1] Now I myself, Paul, urge you through the gentleness and clemency of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but brave toward you when absent, [2] I beg you that, when present, I may not have to be brave with that confidence with which I intend to act boldly against some who consider us as acting according to the flesh. [3] For, although we are in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh, [4] for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments [5] and every pretension raising itself against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive in obedience to Christ,

(CCC 520) In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is "the perfect man" (GS 38; cf. Rom 15:5; Phil 2:5), who invites us to become his disciples and follow him. In humbling himself, he has given us an example to imitate, through his prayer he draws us to pray, and by his poverty he calls us to accept freely the privation and persecutions that may come our way (Cf. Jn 13:15; Lk 11:1; Mt 5:11-12).