war

⁸A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.

⁶For you will hear of battles and rumors of battles. Take care not to be disturbed. For these things must be, but the end is not so soon.

¹Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members? ²You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.

²⁰“For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.

⁴And he will judge the nations, and he will rebuke many peoples. And they shall forge their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they continue to train for battle.

⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

³The Lord is like a fighting man. Almighty is his name.

¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.

¹“If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you. ²Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner: ³‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them. ⁴For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’

²¹And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me. ²²For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man. ²³But I perceive another law within my body, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me with the law of sin which is in my body. ²⁴Unhappy man that I am, who will free me from this body of death? ²⁵The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord! Therefore, I serve the law of God with my own mind; but with the flesh, the law of sin.

¹⁸If it is possible, in so far as you are able, be at peace with all men.

³¹The horse is prepared for the day of battle. But the Lord bestows salvation.

¹A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war. ²My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.