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Self-Defense—How Far Can a Christian Go?Awake!—1991 | July 8
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George Napper gives this advice: “Perhaps the best way to protect yourself is by risking your property rather than your life. Most robbers and burglars are there to steal, not to kill.” In situations where a person is simply accosted or when his money is demanded, a sound principle is: “A slave of the Lord does not need to fight.”—2 Timothy 2:24.a
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Self-Defense—How Far Can a Christian Go?Awake!—1991 | July 8
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a While the context shows that Paul was here referring to verbal fights, the original language word rendered “fight” (maʹkhe·sthai) is generally associated with armed or hand-to-hand combat.
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