2 Timothy 2:1-10

¹You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ²The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. ³You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. ⁵If also a man competes in the games, he is not crowned, unless he has competed by the rules. ⁶The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops. ⁷Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. ⁸Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel, ⁹in which I suffer hardship to bonds, as a criminal. But God`s word isn`t 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.