2 Timothy 2:3-12

Bishops(i) 3 Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe 4 No man that warreth, entangleth hym selfe with thaffayres of [this] lyfe, that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier 5 And if a man also wrestle, yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie 6 The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites 7 Consider What I say: and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges 8 Remember that Iesus Christe, of the seede of Dauid, was raysed from the dead, accordyng to my Gospell 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtaine the saluation, which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie 11 It is a faythfull saying: for yf we be dead with hym, we shall also lyue with hym 12 If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs