2 Timothy 2:3-13

³Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. ⁵And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowded, except he have contended lawfully. ⁶The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits. ⁷Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things. ⁸Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel: ⁹wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound. ¹⁰Therefore I endure all things for the elect`s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. ¹¹Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: ¹²if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: ¹³if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.