^{1 Ref} Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that `is' in Christ Jesus,

^{2 Ref} and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

^{3 Ref} thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

^{4 Ref} no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

^{5 Ref} and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;