Warfare of Saints
70 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
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- Armour For: Breastplate of Righteousness
- Armour For: Called Armour of God
- Armour For: Called Armour of Light
- Armour For: Called Armour of Righteousness
- Armour For: Girdle of Truth
- Armour For: Helmet of Salvation
- Armour For: Mighty Through God
- Armour For: Must be Put On
- Armour For: Not Carnal
- Armour For: Preparation of the Gospel
- Armour For: Shield of Faith
- Armour For: Sword of the Spirit
- Armour For: The Whole, is Required
- Armour For: To be on Right Hand and Left
- Called the Good Fight of Faith
- Illustrated
- Mere Professors do not Maintain
- Often Arises from the Opposition of Friends or Relatives
- Saints are all Engaged In
- Saints: Comforted by God In
- Saints: Delivered by Christ In
- Saints: Encouraged In
- Saints: Exhorted to Diligence
- Saints: Helped by God In
- Saints: Must Stand Firm In
- Saints: Protected by God In
- Saints: Strengthened by Christ In
- Saints: Strengthened by God In
- Saints: Thank God for Victory In
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Clothed in White Raiment
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Confessed by Christ Before God the Father
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Pillars in the Temple of God
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Sons of God
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Eat of the Hidden Manna
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Eat of the Tree of Life
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have a White Stone, And, in It a New Name Written
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have God As Their God
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have Power Over the Nations
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have the Morning-Star
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Inherit all Things
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Not be Hurt by the Second Death
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life
- They Who Overcome In, Shall: Sit with Christ in his Throne
- To be Carried On with a Good Conscience
- To be Carried On with Confidence in God
- To be Carried On with Earnestness
- To be Carried On with Endurance or Hardness
- To be Carried On with Faith
- To be Carried On with Prayer
- To be Carried On with Self-Denial
- To be Carried On with Sobriety
- To be Carried On with Steadfastness in the Faith
- To be Carried On with Watchfulness
- To be Carried On without Earthly Entanglements
- To be Carried On: Under Christ, As Our Captain
- To be Carried On: Under the Lord's Banner
- Victory In, Is by Faith
- Victory In, Is: from God
- Victory In, Is: Over all That Exalts Itself
- Victory In, Is: Over Death and the Grave
- Victory In, Is: Over the Devil
- Victory In, Is: Over the Flesh
- Victory In, Is: Over the World
- Victory In, Is: Through Christ
- Victory In, Is: Triumphant
Armour For: Breastplate of Righteousness
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Armour For: Called Armour of God
- Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Armour For: Called Armour of Light
- Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Armour For: Called Armour of Righteousness
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Armour For: Girdle of Truth
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Armour For: Helmet of Salvation
- Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
Armour For: Mighty Through God
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. …
Armour For: Must be Put On
- Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Armour For: Not Carnal
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Armour For: Preparation of the Gospel
- Ephesians 6:15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
Armour For: Shield of Faith
- Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Armour For: Sword of the Spirit
- Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Armour For: The Whole, is Required
- Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
Armour For: To be on Right Hand and Left
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Called the Good Fight of Faith
- 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
Illustrated
- Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
- Zechariah 10:5 They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
Mere Professors do not Maintain
- Jeremiah 9:3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Often Arises from the Opposition of Friends or Relatives
- Micah 7:6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- Matthew 10:35–36 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. …
Saints are all Engaged In
- Philippians 1:30 since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
Saints: Comforted by God In
- 2 Corinthians 7:5–6 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction — conflicts on the outside, fears within. …
Saints: Delivered by Christ In
- 2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Saints: Encouraged In
- Isaiah 41:11–12 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. …
- Isaiah 51:12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Saints: Exhorted to Diligence
- 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- Jude 3 Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
Saints: Helped by God In
- Psalm 118:13 I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
- Isaiah 41:13–14 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you. …
Saints: Must Stand Firm In
- Ephesians 6:13–14 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. …
Saints: Protected by God In
- Psalm 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
Saints: Strengthened by Christ In
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
Saints: Strengthened by God In
- Psalm 20:2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
- Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Saints: Thank God for Victory In
- Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Clothed in White Raiment
- Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Confessed by Christ Before God the Father
- Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Pillars in the Temple of God
- Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven …
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Sons of God
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Eat of the Hidden Manna
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Eat of the Tree of Life
- Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have a White Stone, And, in It a New Name Written
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have God As Their God
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have Power Over the Nations
- Revelation 2:26 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have the Morning-Star
- Revelation 2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ
- Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven …
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Inherit all Things
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Not be Hurt by the Second Death
- Revelation 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life
- Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
They Who Overcome In, Shall: Sit with Christ in his Throne
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
To be Carried On with a Good Conscience
- 1 Timothy 1:18–19 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, …
To be Carried On with Confidence in God
- Psalm 27:1–3 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread? …
To be Carried On with Earnestness
- Jude 3 Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
To be Carried On with Endurance or Hardness
- 2 Timothy 2:3 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 2:10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
To be Carried On with Faith
- 1 Timothy 1:18–19 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, …
To be Carried On with Prayer
- Psalm 35:1–3 Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me. …
- Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
To be Carried On with Self-Denial
- 1 Corinthians 9:25–27 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. …
To be Carried On with Sobriety
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
To be Carried On with Steadfastness in the Faith
- 1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
- 1 Peter 5:9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
- Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
To be Carried On with Watchfulness
- 1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
To be Carried On without Earthly Entanglements
- 2 Timothy 2:4 A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
To be Carried On: Under Christ, As Our Captain
- Hebrews 2:10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
To be Carried On: Under the Lord's Banner
- Psalm 60:4 You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
Victory In, Is by Faith
- Hebrews 11:33–37 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, …
- 1 John 5:4–5 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. …
Victory In, Is: from God
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
- 2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Victory In, Is: Over all That Exalts Itself
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Victory In, Is: Over Death and the Grave
- Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
- 1 Corinthians 15:54–55 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” …
Victory In, Is: Over the Devil
- Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 1 John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Victory In, Is: Over the Flesh
- Romans 7:24–25 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? …
- Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Victory In, Is: Over the World
- 1 John 5:4–5 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. …
Victory In, Is: Through Christ
- Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Revelation 12:11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Victory In, Is: Triumphant
- Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.