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3 Share in hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4 No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
5 Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.
6 The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
7 Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David according to my gospel,
9 for which I am suffering even to the point of wearing chains like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.
10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
11 Here is a trustworthy saying: 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;