6. The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that was grown.
7. Think about what I am saying, because the Lord will give you the ability to understand everything.
8. Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead, who is from the family of David. This is the Good News I preach,
9. and I am suffering because of it to the point of being bound with chains like a criminal. But God’s teaching is not in chains.
10. So I patiently accept all these troubles so that those whom God has chosen can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.
11. This teaching is true:If we died with him, we will also live with him.
12. If we accept suffering, we will also rule with him.If we say we don’t know him, he will say he doesn’t know us.