Some 500 years before Paul’s time, a servant of God living in Jerusalem demonstrated the truth of Paul’s words about the fight against evil.
وَهذَا يَعْنِي أَنَّنَا نَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلتَّغَلُّبَ عَلَى ٱلسُّوءِ إِذَا دَاوَمْنَا عَلَى مُحَارَبَتِهِ .‏