Paul advises his young protégé, Timothy, "Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses."
That's quite the phrase when you stop to think about it: the good fight of the faith.
This is not the Faith of "your best life now".
The Greek word for fight here is agona.
It's where we get our English word "agony".
It puts me in mind of this quote from C.S. Lewis:
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”
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