2 Timothy 2:3-5 Do thou therefore endure hardship, as becomes a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Worsley⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Do thou therefore endure hardship, as becomes a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No one, that enters into military service, embarrasseth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him. ⁵ And if any one contend in the public games, he gains not the crown unless he contend fairly.