1. Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2. And the things that thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5. And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
6. The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7. Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9. In which I suffer trouble, as an evil-doer, even to bonds; but the word of God is not bound.