Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 10:3

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh :

There is a great difference betwixt walking in the flesh, and warring after the flesh. The best of men in this life walk in the flesh, as their Souls are not in a state of separation from, but union with the body; but they do not walk after the flesh, as their fleshly appetite is not the Principle of their actions, nor the satisfaction of it the End of their actions. The Apostle, in the latter part of the Verse, changeth the Verb; in the former part he called our conversation, a Walking; in the latter part he calleth it a Warring; which he describeth Negatively in this Verse, Positively in the following[illegible: 1 letter]Verses. In calling it a Warring, he lets us know that it is, and will be a life of opposition, in which a Christian will have many Enemies: though his hand be against none, yet many hands will be against him. But though they be men of stri[illegible: 1 letter]e and contention, in a Passive sense, yet they are not so in an Active sense, according to the usual notion of warring: For they war not after the flesh, neither as fleshly men, nor in a carnal fleshly manner, nor yet for fleshly ends. The men of the World war for their honour and glory, or for revenge and satisfaction of their lusts, or for the inlarging of their Territories and Dominions; but we do not thus war after the flesh.