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Paul is depicted in the letter, which may have been written after his death, as anticipating his being put to death and realities beyond in his valedictory found in 2 Timothy 4:6–8: "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith ...
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 ...
The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare 's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii (3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, which fell on Saint Crispin's Day, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious.
A rare, unpublished variation, " Jacob fought the battle of Jericho", has evolved and has been heard sung in the later twentieth century. In this instance, "Jacob" refers to the people of Israel, who won the battle. Though this version is almost never used, the two- syllable name 'Jacob' fits more naturally into the song's meter than the three ...
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
In 2 Samuel 24:15-16, the destroying angel kills the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In 1 Chronicles 21:15, the same "Angel of the Lord" is seen by David to stand "between the earth and the heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out against the Hebrews' enemies". Later, in 2 Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.
The verse in the Bible from II Timothy 4:7, "I have fought the good fight", is a tribute to their friend. They then reached out to local and popular drummer, Sean Marriott of Hot Springs, Arkansas , who at the time resided in Fayetteville, Arkansas .