2 Timothy 2:1-15

1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2And the things that thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.1 3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully. 6The farmer that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.2 7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: 9In which I suffer trouble, as an evildoer, even to bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 10Therefore 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. 11It is a faithful saying: For if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him : 12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him : if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

14Of 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. 15Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.