LITV(i)
3 Then you suffer hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, so that he might please the one enlisting him .
5 And also if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.
6 It is right the laboring farmer to partake first of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, having been raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel,
9 in which I suffer ill as an evildoer, unto bonds; but the Word of God has not been bound.
10 Because of this, I endure all things on account of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.
11 Faithful is the Word: for if we died with Him, we also shall live with Him;
12 if we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, that One will deny us;
13 if we are unfaithful, that One remains faithful; He is not able to deny Himself.