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17 Bible Verses About Fighting

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  • James 4:1 traces fights and quarrels between people to “desires that battle within you.”
  • In Exodus 14:14 Israel is told to be still while the Lord fights; in Deuteronomy 20:4 and Nehemiah 4:14 the people go out to fight and the Lord is with them.
  • At his arrest Jesus told a disciple to put away his sword, and told Pilate his servants would fight if his kingdom were of this world (Matthew 26:52; John 18:36).
  • Ephesians 6:12 names the Christian’s opponents as spiritual forces of evil, not flesh and blood.
  • Paul calls the Christian life “the good fight of the faith” (1 Timothy 6:12) and, expecting his death, says he has fought it (2 Timothy 4:7).

The Bible speaks of fighting between people, in war, against evil and within oneself. James traces quarrels to desires “that battle within you” (James 4:1). Before a battle, Israel’s priest was to promise the army that the Lord goes with them “to fight for you against your enemies” (Deuteronomy 20:4). Paul describes a struggle against “the spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12) and calls it “the good fight of the faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). When Jesus was arrested, he ordered…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Mennonite Church USA. Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, Article 22: Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance. mennoniteusa.org

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 2308-2309, on legitimate defense. vatican.va

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