3. You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4. No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
5. And if a man also competes as an athlete, yet is he not crowned, unless he strives lawfully.
6. The farmer that labors must be first partaker of the fruits.
7. Consider what I say; and the Lord give you understanding in all things.
8. Remember that Jesus Christ, descended from David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9. In which I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.