Thematic Bible: Warfare of saints


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For though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, Verse ConceptsLiving Not For The MaterialPrinciples Of WarSpiritual Warfaremotivesperfectionism





So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and have the testimony about Jesus. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOffspringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSubsequent Witness To ChristSigns Of The TimesSpiritual Offspring






Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly, or box like one who beats the air. Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.



I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh, to the law of sin. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillThank God!The MindServing God

For God has put everything under His feet. But when it says “everything” is put under Him, it is obvious that He who puts everything under Him is the exception. Verse ConceptsGospel, Essence OfThings UnderInteraction Of Father And SonSubject To ChristPutting God First

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
I will redeem them from death.
Death, where are your barbs?
Sheol, where is your sting?
Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Verse ConceptsDeath, DefeatedThe DeadGrave, TheHell, As An ExperiencePower, God's SavingRansomRedemption, In OtResurrection, Of BelieversCoping With DeathOvercoming DeathGod Without MercyDeathAbolishing Death



Now when this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?

I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?
Verse ConceptsGrassMan As GrassFear Of ManFear, Overcome ByThe Spirit Of GodGod Will ComfortLike GrassMere Men

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
Verse ConceptsDark DaysGod Giving LightComing Out Of DarknessHabitual Getting UpEnemiesRisingLight


Be sure that all who are enraged against you
will be ashamed and disgraced;
those who contend with you
will become as nothing and will perish.
Verse ConceptsShame Will ComeUnnamed People Angry With Others








May He send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.
Verse ConceptsGod Help!God's ProtectionPeace And StrengthSupporthelpzion

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, He also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death-that is, the Devil- and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.


But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.
Verse ConceptsHatredHating Without A Causehaters

My adversaries trample me all day,
for many arrogantly fight against me.
Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfMany EnemiesAll DayEnemy Attacksharassment

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
Verse ConceptsOffenceWaitingAmbushNo SinWaiting On The LordEnemy Attacksgathering



But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtAfflicted SaintsBitingLionsMouthsOutsidersSelf RespectStrength, SpiritualDivine Assistance, OfferedGod Strengthening PeopleDeliverance From LionsGod Has Been With YouStrengthened Through ChristempowermentGod Calling Jew And Gentile






I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh, to the law of sin. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillThank God!The MindServing God




because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength after being weak, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead raised to life again. Some men were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection, read more.
and others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.



You pushed me hard to make me fall,
but the Lord helped me.
Verse ConceptsPressingAbasing PeopleGod HelpsSupporthurting

For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand and say to you: Do not fear, I will help you. Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel: I will help you- the Lord's declaration. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.


Oppose my opponents, Lord; fight those who fight me. Take Your shields-large and small- and come to my aid. Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers, and assure me: "I am your deliverance."




For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be the members of his household.

they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
Verse ConceptsCavalryGod With YouRiding HorsesTrampling PeopleMarshesShaming PeopleFighting EnemiesSpiritual Warfareheroes

For the trampling boot of battle
and the bloodied garments of war
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfWeaponsShoesHorrors Of WarWeapons For Fuel


I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word remains in you,
and you have had victory over the evil one.
Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualSpiritual VitalitySpiritual MaturityVirtues Of Young PeopleSpiritual FathersReceiving God's WordWriting LettersStrong PeopleFrom The BeginningOvercoming Through ChristMan's Authority Over The DevilHuman Nature, Overcominga new beginningStaying StrongOvercomingDadsThe Word Of GodMaturityFathers Responsibilities


because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?


Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort

Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly, or box like one who beats the air. Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were afflicted in every way: struggles on the outside, fears inside. But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus,



For though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, Verse ConceptsLiving Not For The MaterialPrinciples Of WarSpiritual Warfaremotivesperfectionism

Timothy, my child, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle, having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

Timothy, my child, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle, having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.



This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest,

Timothy, my child, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle, having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have. Verse ConceptsSharing In ChriststruggleLife StrugglesConflictStrugglesThe Past

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodMannaNewnessUniquenessWhiteOvercomersDelicaciesUnknown ThingsHidden ThingsGod Renaming PeopleWriting On ObjectsOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritA New NameBenefits Of HeavenSpiritual crownsOvercomingChange And Growth


“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodMannaNewnessUniquenessWhiteOvercomersDelicaciesUnknown ThingsHidden ThingsGod Renaming PeopleWriting On ObjectsOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritA New NameBenefits Of HeavenSpiritual crownsOvercomingChange And Growth


The victor: I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God—the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God—and My new name. Verse ConceptsNewnessPillarsRenewal, Of People Of GodThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemOvercomersMetaphorical PillarsGoing OutsideWriting On PeopleOthers Going DownOvercoming Through ChristTaken To HeavenA New NameCalled By God's NameCitizensOvercomingreuniting

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor will never be harmed by the second death. Verse ConceptsThe DeadPunishment, By GodSafetyOvercomersThe Second DeathOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenHurt

The victor: I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God—the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God—and My new name. Verse ConceptsNewnessPillarsRenewal, Of People Of GodThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemOvercomersMetaphorical PillarsGoing OutsideWriting On PeopleOthers Going DownOvercoming Through ChristTaken To HeavenA New NameCalled By God's NameCitizensOvercomingreuniting

The one who is victorious and keeps My works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations— Verse ConceptsGoalsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesOvercomersTo The EndAuthority Of DisciplesDoing God's WorksOvercoming Through ChristOvercomingLucifer








What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh, to the law of sin.






This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. Verse ConceptsArmor of GodFeetFaithfulness, To GodBeing A SoldierSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictStrongholdsAble To StandStanding FirmSocial dutiesHindrancesSpiritual WarfareOvercoming AdversityOvercoming Obstaclesarmorprincipalities






The Lord is my light and my salvation- whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life- of whom should I be afraid? When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. Though an army deploy against me, my heart is not afraid; though war break out against me, still I am confident.

because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?


They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfDebaucheryTongueLukewarmnessDissipationMighty in its influence

Lord God, my strong Savior,
You shield my head on the day of battle.
Verse ConceptsShieldsGod's Salvation Made KnownStrength In BattleWarBattle


Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort

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