“the good fight of faith” (1 Tim 6:12). For him, faith’s struggle was not merely in matters of ministry. Though the pioneering of churches throughout Asia must have involved many conflicts in faith, Paul’s “good fight” was referring more to the whole of his relationship with the Lord Jesus. Writing at the end of his life, and from a jail cell, aware that he could be summoned at any moment to his execution, Paul admits that faith has been a fight, albeit a good one. It may be a gigantic step for