Anderson(i)
3 Do you, there fore, suffer evil, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 Every one that serves as a soldier keeps himself free from the business of this life, that he may please him that has chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if any one also contend in the public games, he is not crowned, unless he contend according to the laws.
6 It is necessary that, the farmer should labor, before he partakes of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say, for I pray that the Lord may give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ, of the posterity of David, was raised from the dead, according to my gospel;
9 in which I suffer evil, as an evil-doer, even to bonds: but the word of God is not bound.
10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.