fight the good fight

The now commonly-used English idiom “fight the good fight” (meaning to act in a way that is virtuous or honorable) was first coined in 1526 in the English New Testament translation of William Tyndale (in the spelling fyght ye good fyght). (Source: Crystal 2010, p. 286)

For other idioms in English that were coined by Bible translation, see here.

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