^{3 Ref} Suffer hardship with `me', as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

^{4 Ref} No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of `this' life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

^{5 Ref} And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowded, except he have contended lawfully.

^{6 Ref} The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

^{7 Ref} Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.

^{8 Ref} Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:

^{9 Ref} wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

^{10 Ref} Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

^{11 Ref} Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:

^{12 Ref} if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: