2 Timothy 2:3-12 Share my hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Share my hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴ Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him. ⁵ No one who competes in the games is awarded a crown unless he obeys the rules. ⁶ The farmer who does the work ought to be the first to have some of the produce. ⁷ Think over what I say. For the Lord will help you to understand it perfectly. ⁸ Remember Jesus Christ as risen from the dead, and descended from David, as I preach the good news, ⁹ for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned! ¹⁰ For that reason I am ready to submit to anything for the sake of those whom God has chosen, so that they too may gain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory. ¹¹ How true those words are! "If we have died with him, we will live with him! ¹² If we endure, we will reign with him! If we disown him, he will also disown us!