2 Corinthians 10:4

“See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and to tear down, To cause to perish and to pull down, To build and to plant.”

“Is not My word like fire?” declares Yahweh, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not consume the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not consume the milk of the flock?

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

since you are seeking proof that Christ speaks in me; He is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may fight the good fight,