Why should we fight for our enemies? Any thoughts?

Aren't we supposed to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us ... “ Repay no one evil for evil,” he writes, “but give thought to do what is ... But let's not allow the complexities to keep us from fighting this good fight.

Spiritual warfare is about overcoming the enemy, his temptations, and his traps. ... We participate in this warfare through our prayers and witness. ... every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. ... We should not be afraid of fighting this war.

Before reading any further, bring someone to mind whom you would consider to be ... Therefore, we should recognize that behind our flesh and blood enemies ... . of fighting back--submitting to God instead of to our natural human sinful flesh!

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. ... opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, ... “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. ... No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil ... . The Christian armour is made to be worn; and there is no putting off our armour till we have done our warfare, ... We must use holy thoughts in our ordinary course.