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we do not wage war ... we fight
Paul speaks of his trying to persuade the Corinthians to believe him and not the false teachers as if he were fighting a physical war. These words should be translated literally. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the weapons we fight with ... bring to nothing misleading arguments
Paul speaks of godly wisdom showing human wisdom to be false as if it were a weapon with which he was destroying an enemy stronghold. Alternate translation: "the weapons we fight with ... show people that what our enemies say is completely wrong" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
are not fleshly
Possible meanings are 1) the word "fleshly" is a metonym for merely physical. Alternate translation: "are not physical" or 2) the word "fleshly" is a metonym for sinful human nature. Alternate translation: "are not sinful" or "do not enable us to do wrong" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)