Sawyer(i)
3 Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No one who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may please him who has employed him as a soldier.
5 And if a man contends as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he contends lawfully.
6 The husbandman who labors must first partake of the fruits of the earth.
7 Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give you understanding in all things.
8 (1:6) Remember Jesus Christ raised from the dead, a descendant of David, according to my gospel,
9 in which I suffer even to chains as an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect, that they may obtain the salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 The saying is true, For if we died together we shall live together;
12 if we endure patiently we shall reign together; if we deny him he will deny us;