17 节关于胜利的圣经经文

The Bible speaks of winning in three settings: battles won for Israel, a race run for a prize, and the victory Christ has won over the world and over death. Deuteronomy 20:4 gives the first, 2 Timothy 4:7 the second and John 16:33 the third. In the New Testament, the English words overcome, triumph and victorious often translate one Greek verb, nikao, to conquer or prevail. It appears in Jesus’ words “I have overcome the world” (John 16:33), in Paul’s…