1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. |
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. |
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 strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. |
6 The husbandman that laboureth 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 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. |
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. |
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be 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 strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. |
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. |
