1. You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Messiah Yeshua.
2. The things which you have heard from me amongst 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 Messiah Yeshua.
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 labours 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 Yeshua the Messiah, 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.
10. Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Messiah Yeshua with eternal glory.
11. This saying is trustworthy:“For if we died with him,we will also live with him.
12. If we endure,we will also reign with him.If we deny him,he also will deny us.
13. If we are faithless,he remains faithful.For he can’t deny himself.”