2 Timothy 2:3-15

3Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

4No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.

5And if also any one contend [in the games], he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.

6The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

7Think of what I say, for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things.

8Remember Jesus Christ raised from among [the] dead, of [the] seed of David, according to my glad tidings,

9in which I suffer even unto bonds as an evil-doer: but the word of 1God is not bound.

10For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which [is] in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11The word [is] faithful; for if we have died together with [him], we shall also live together;

12if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, he also will deny us;

13if we are unfaithful, he abides faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

14Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.

15Strive diligently to present thyself approved to 2God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.