4. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5. And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
6. The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7. Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9. In which I suffer trouble, as an evil-doer, even to bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11. It is a faithful saying: For if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12. If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13. If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they contend not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15. Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.