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6 The husbandman that laboreth must be the first partaker of the fruits.
7 Understand what I say; for the Lord will give thee apprehension in all things.
8 Bear in mind Jesus Christ of the seed of David, as raised from the dead, according to my gospel;
9 in which I suffer hardship even unto bonds as an evildoer; but the word of God is not bound.
10 For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.
11 True is the saying: for if we died with him, we shall also live with him;
12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remaineth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord not to carry on a strife of words, to no useful purpose, but rather to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to present thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun the profane babblings; for they will go on to a higher degree of ungodliness;
17 and their word will eat as doth a canker; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,
18 who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection hath already taken place, and overthrow the faith of some.