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.