warfare
Strateia denotes the struggle conducted with weapons or as a commanded fight.
The two verses present strateia as a fight or campaign: one is a charge to fight, while the other is characterized by weapons and the tearing down of arguments.
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A fight or campaign · dominant
In 1 Timothy 1:18, the accusative singular form occurs with Timothy's charge; the APB renders the purpose as "you may fight the good fight." In 2 Corinthians 10:4, the genitive singular form is linked with weapons that are powerful for "the destruction of strongholds" and the tearing down of arguments.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses as "fight the good fight" in 1 Timothy 1:18 and as "weapons of our warfare" in 2 Corinthians 10:4. These phrases indicate the verses' presentation rather than fixed individual renderings.