1Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the…
2And the things which thou hast heard from…
3Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier…
4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the…
5And if also a man contend in the…
6The husbandman that laboreth must be the first…
7Consider what I say; for the Lord shall…
8Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of…
9wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a…
10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s…
11Faithful is the saying: For if we died…
12if we endure, we shall also reign with…
13if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for…
14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging…
15Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God,…
16But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed…
17and their word will eat as doth a…
18men who concerning the truth have erred, saying…
19Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having…
20Now in a great house there are not…
21If a man therefore purge himself from these,…
22But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness,…
23But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that…
24And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but…
25in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if…
26and they may recover themselves out of the…
