<vn='1'><sn="4771">Thou</s><sn="3767">therefore</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="5043">son</s>, be <sn="1743">strong</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5485">grace</s><sn="3588">that</s> is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s> the things <sn="3739">that</s> thou hast <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="1700">me</s><sn="1223">among</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="3144">witnesses</s>, the <sn="5023">same</s><sn="3908">commit</s> thou to <sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="444">men</s>, <sn="3748">who</s> shall <sn="2071">be</s><sn="2425">able</s> to <sn="1321">teach</s><sn="2087">others</s><sn="2532">also</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="4771">Thou</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> endure <sn="2553">hardness</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="4757">soldier</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>No <sn="3762">man</s> that <sn="4754">warreth</s> entangleth himself <sn="1707">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4230">affairs</s> of this <sn="979">life</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> he may <sn="700">please</s> him who hath chosen him to be a <sn="4758">soldier</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1437">if</s> a <sn="5100">man</s><sn="2532">also</s> strive for <sn="118">masteries</s>, yet is he <sn="3756">not</s><sn="4737">crowned</s>, <sn="3362">except</s> he <sn="118">strive</s><sn="3545">lawfully</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="1092">husbandman</s> that <sn="2872">laboreth</s><sn="1163">must</s> be first <sn="3335 4413">partaker</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2590">fruits</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3539">Consider</s><sn="3739">what</s> I <sn="3004">say</s>; <sn="1063">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1325">give</s><sn="4671">thee</s><sn="4907">understanding</s><sn="1722">in</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3421">Remember</s> that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="4690">seed</s> of <sn="1138">David</s> was <sn="1453">raised</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3450">my</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1722 3739">Wherein</s> I suffer <sn="2553">trouble</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> an evil <sn="2557">doer</s>, even <sn="3360">unto</s><sn="1199">bonds</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1210">bound</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1223 5124">Therefore</s> I <sn="5278">endure</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> for the elect's <sn="1223 3588 1588">sakes</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="846">they</s> may <sn="2532">also</s><sn="5177">obtain</s> the <sn="4991">salvation</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="166">eternal</s><sn="1391">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='11'> It is a <sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="3056">saying</s>: <sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s> we be dead <sn="4880">with</s> him, we shall <sn="2532">also</s> live <sn="4800">with</s> him: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1487">If</s> we <sn="5278">suffer</s>, we shall <sn="2532">also</s> reign <sn="4821">with</s> him: <sn="1487">if</s> we <sn="720">deny</s> him, he <sn="2548">also</s> will <sn="720">deny</s><sn="2248">us</s>: </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1487">If</s> we believe <sn="569">not</s>, yet <sn="1565">he</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="4103">faithful</s>: he <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s><sn="720">deny</s><sn="1438">himself</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Of these <sn="5023">things</s> put them in <sn="5279">remembrance</s>, <sn="1263">charging</s> them <sn="1799">before</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> that they strive not about <sn="3054 3361">words</s> to no <sn="1519 3762 5539">profit</s>, but <sn="1909">to</s> the <sn="2692">subverting</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="191">hearers</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="4704">Study</s> to <sn="3936">show</s><sn="4572">thyself</s><sn="1384">approved</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s>, a <sn="2040">workman</s> that needeth not to be <sn="422">ashamed</s>, rightly <sn="3718">dividing</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4026">shun</s><sn="952">profane</s> and vain <sn="2757">babblings</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> they will <sn="4298">increase</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="4119">more</s><sn="763">ungodliness</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="3056">word</s> will <sn="2192 3542">eat</s><sn="5613">as</s> doth a <sn="1044">canker</s>: of <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5211">Hymenaeus</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5372">Philetus</s>; </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3748">Who</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s> have <sn="795">erred</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s> that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="386">resurrection</s> is <sn="1096">past</s><sn="2235">already</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="396">overthrow</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s> of <sn="5100">some</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3305">Nevertheless</s> the <sn="2310">foundation</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2476">standeth</s><sn="4731">sure</s>, <sn="2192">having</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="4973">seal</s>, The <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1097">knoweth</s> them that <sn="5607">are</s><sn="848">his</s>. <sn="2532">And</s>, Let every <sn="3956">one</s> that <sn="3687">nameth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="868">depart</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="93">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="3614">house</s> there <sn="2076">are</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3440">only</s><sn="4632">vessels</s> of <sn="5552">gold</s><sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="693">silver</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s> of <sn="3585">wood</s><sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="3749">earth</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3739 3303">some</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="5092">honor</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3739">some</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="819">dishonor</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1437">If</s> a <sn="5100">man</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="1571">purge</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="5130">these</s>, he shall <sn="2071">be</s> a <sn="4632">vessel</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5092">honor</s>, <sn="37">sanctified</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> meet for the master's <sn="2173 3588 1203">use</s>, and <sn="2090">prepared</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="2041">work</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="5343">Flee</s><sn="1161">also</s><sn="3512">youthful</s><sn="1939">lusts</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1377">follow</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="26">charity</s>, <sn="1515">peace</s>, <sn="3326">with</s> them that call <sn="1941">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> out <sn="1537">of</s> a <sn="2513">pure</s><sn="2588">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3474">foolish</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="521">unlearned</s><sn="2214">questions</s><sn="3868">avoid</s>, <sn="1492">knowing</s><sn="3754">that</s> they do <sn="1080">engender</s><sn="3163">strifes</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">And</s> the <sn="1401">servant</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3164">strive</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="1511">be</s><sn="2261">gentle</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3956">all</s> men, apt to <sn="1317">teach</s>, <sn="420">patient</s>, </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="4236">meekness</s><sn="3811">instructing</s> those that oppose <sn="475">themselves</s>; if God <sn="3379 2316">peradventure</s> will <sn="1325">give</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="3341">repentance</s><sn="1519">to</s> the <sn="1922">acknowledging</s> of the <sn="225">truth</s>; </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> that they may recover <sn="366">themselves</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3803">snare</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1228">devil</s>, who are taken <sn="2221">captive</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">at</s><sn="1565">his</s><sn="2307">will</s>. </v>