Fight of Faith
Is faith something to fight for, or something to rest in? Scripture says both. Paul tells Timothy, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,” and writes of himself, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Hebrews reminds believers of “a great fight of afflictions” they once endured. Yet when Judah faces an army, the word is “Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD.”
4 verses
2 Chronicles
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
1 Timothy
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2 Timothy
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Hebrews
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;