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3 Thou therefore suffer affliction as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with worldly business; and that, because he would please him that hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And though a man strive for a mastery, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must first receive of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say. The Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ, being of the seed of David, rose again from death according to my gospel,
9 wherein I suffer trouble as an evil doer, even unto bonds. But the word of God was not bound.
10 Herefore I suffer all things, for the elects' sakes, that they might also obtain that salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
11 It is a true saying: If we be dead with him, we also shall live with him;
12 If we be patient, we shall also reign with him; If we deny him, he also shall deny us;