1. Therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Messiah Yeshua.
2. And what you have heard from me among many witnesses, entrust to faithful people who will be capable to teach others also.
3. Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Messiah Yeshua.
4. No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the activities of everyday life, so that he might please the one who enlisted him.
5. Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned victorious unless he competes according to the rules.
6. The hard-working farmer ought to receive the first share of the crops.
7. Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
8. Remember Yeshua the Messiah, raised from the dead, from the seed of David—according to my Good News.
9. For this I suffer hardship as a criminal, even to the point of chains—though the word of God is not chained.