³ For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;

³ You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

⁴ No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

¹ Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

² that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

¹³ For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

⁷ I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

¹ Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,