WNT(i)
3 As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering.
4 Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.
5 And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules.
6 The harvestman who labours in the field must be the first to get a share of the crop.
7 Mark well what I am saying: the Lord will give you discernment in everything.
8 Never forget that Jesus Christ has risen from among the dead and is a descendant of David, as is declared in the Good News which I preach.
9 For preaching the Good News I suffer, and am even put in chains, as if I were a criminal: yet the word of God is not imprisoned.
10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of God's own people; so that they also may obtain salvation--even the salvation which is in Christ Jesus--and with it eternal glory.
11 Faithful is the saying: "If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;
12 "If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us;
13 "And even if *our* faith fails, He remains true--He cannot prove false to Himself."