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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.
11 It is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 if we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him: if we renounce him, he also will renounce us: