1. You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2. The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
3. You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4. No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
5. Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
6. The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.
7. Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
8. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News,
9. in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.