2 Timothy 2:3-10

Haweis(i) 3 Thou therefore endure hardships, as a brave soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man who enters the army involves himself with secular affairs; that he may please the person who hath enlisted him. 5 And if a man contend in the public games, he is not crowned victor, unless he contend according to the laws. 6 The husbandman who toils is the first who ought to partake of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead, according to my gospel: 9 for which I suffer affliction, even unto chains as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ with eternal glory.