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1 ) You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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2 ) And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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3 ) You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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4 ) No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
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5 ) And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
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6 ) The farmer that labours must be first partaker of the fruits.
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7 ) Consider what I say, and the Lord give you understanding in all things.
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8 ) Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
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9 ) Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds, but the word of God is not bound.
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10 ) Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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11 ) It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
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12 ) If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
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13 ) If we believe not, yet he abides faithful: he cannot deny himself.