2 Timothy 2:3-10

LITV(i) 3 Then you suffer hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, so that he might please the one enlisting him . 5 And also if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully. 6 It is right the laboring farmer to partake first of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things. 8 Remember Jesus Christ, having been raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel, 9 in which I suffer ill as an evildoer, unto bonds; but the Word of God has not been bound. 10 Because of this, I endure all things on account of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.