1 Corinthians 9:7

7 aWho serves as a soldier at his own expense? bWho plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

2 Corinthians 10:4

4For the cweapons of dour warfare are not of the flesh but have edivine power fto destroy strongholds.

1 Timothy 1:18

18This charge gI entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with hthe prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may iwage the good warfare,

1 Timothy 6:12

12 jFight the good fight of the faith. kTake hold of the eternal life lto which you were called and about which you made mthe good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 2:3-5

3 nShare in suffering as oa good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4No soldier pgets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 qAn athlete is not rcrowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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