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The Second Epistle to Timothy [a] is one of the three pastoral epistles traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. [3] Addressed to Timothy, a fellow missionary, [3] it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle he wrote before his death. The original language is Koine Greek . Although the pastorals are written under Paul's name ...
Fight the Good Fight. " Fight the Good Fight " is a traditional, classic favorite hymn and Christian song. [1] It was written by John Samuel Bewley Monsell and published in Hymns of Love and Praise for the Church’s Year (1863). [2] It is sung to the tune Pentecost, written in 1864 by William Boyd. [3]
In 2 Timothy 4:7, Paul writes "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." [ 9 ] In 1 Corinthians 9:24–26, [ 10 ] written to the city that hosted the Isthmian Games , [ 11 ] the metaphor is extended from running to other games, such as boxing , [ 12 ] to make the point that winning a prize requires ...
Revelation 12:7–10. 7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was ...
Abraham and Lot's conflict. Abraham and Lot's conflict ( Hebrew: מריבת רועי אברהם ורועי לוט, Merivat Roey Avraham Ve'Roey Lot) is an event in the Book of Genesis, in the weekly Torah portion, Lech-Lecha, that depicts the separation of Abraham and Lot, as a result of a fight among their shepherds. The dispute ends in a ...
Christianity. Christians have had diverse attitudes towards violence and nonviolence over time. Both currently and historically, there have been four attitudes towards violence and war and four resulting practices of them within Christianity: non-resistance, Christian pacifism, just war, and preventive war ( Holy war, e.g., the Crusades ). [ 1]
Armageddon' is the symbolic name given to this event based on scripture references regarding divine obliteration of God's enemies. The hermeneutical method supports this position by referencing Judges 4 and 5 where God miraculously destroys the enemy of their elect, Israel, at Megiddo.
Relatively high. According to the Book of Judges ( chapters 4 and 5) of the Hebrew Bible, the Battle of Mount Tabor was a military confrontation between the forces of King Jabin of Canaan who ruled from Hazor, and the Israelite army led by Barak and Deborah. The battle took place at Mount Tabor in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the ...