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3 Take your share of hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4 No one while serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of life, for the soldier must please him who enlisted him.
5 And if any one enters an athletic contest, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
6 The farmer who does the labor ought first to have his share of the fruits.
7 Think over what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight in all things.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David, as my good news teaches.
9 In telling it I am suffering hardships even to chains, as if I were an evildoer, but God's message is not chained.
10 For this reason I am enduring all for the sake of the chosen, that they may gain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 Trustworthy is the saying, "For if we have died with him we shall also live with him;
12 if we endure we shall also be kings with him; if we disown him, he will disown us;