Thoutherefore, myson, be stronginthegracethatis inChristJesus. Andthe things thatthou hast heardofmeamongmanywitnesses, the samecommitthou to faithfulmen, whoshall beableto teachothersalso. Thouthereforeendure hardness, asa goodsoldierof JesusChrist. No manthat warrethentangleth himself withtheaffairsof this life; thathe may pleasehim who hath chosen him to be a soldier. Andifa manalsostrive for masteries, yet is he notcrowned, excepthe strivelawfully. The husbandmanthat laborethmustbe first partakerof thefruits. ConsiderwhatI say; andtheLordgivetheeunderstandinginall things. Rememberthat JesusChristofthe seedof Davidwas raisedfromthe deadaccordingto mygospel: WhereinI suffer trouble, asan evil doer, even untobonds; butthewordof Godis notbound. ThereforeI endureall thingsfor the elect's sakes, thattheymay alsoobtainthe salvationwhichis inChristJesuswitheternalglory. It is a faithfulsaying: Forifwe be dead with him, we shall alsolive with him : Ifwe suffer, we shall alsoreign with him : ifwe deny him, he alsowill denyus: Ifwe believe not, yet heabidethfaithful: he cannotdenyhimself. Of these thingsput them in remembrance, charging them beforetheLordthat they strive not about wordsto no profit, but tothe subvertingof thehearers. Studyto showthyselfapprovedunto God, a workmanthat needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividingthewordof truth. Butshunprofane and vain babblings: forthey will increaseuntomoreungodliness. Andtheirwordwill eatasdoth a canker: of whomisHymenaeusandPhiletus; Whoconcerningthetruthhave erred, sayingthat theresurrectionis pastalready; andoverthrowthefaithof some. Neverthelessthe foundationof Godstandethsure, havingthisseal, The Lordknoweththem that arehis. And, Let every onethat nameththenameof Christdepartfrominiquity. Butina greathousethere arenotonlyvesselsof goldandof silver, butalsoof woodandof earth; andsometohonor, andsometodishonor. Ifa manthereforepurgehimselffromthese, he shall bea vesseluntohonor, sanctified, andmeet for the master's use, and prepareduntoeverygoodwork. Fleealsoyouthfullusts: butfollowrighteousness, faith, charity, peace, withthem that call ontheLordout ofa pureheart. Butfoolishandunlearnedquestionsavoid, knowingthatthey do engenderstrifes. Andthe servantof the Lordmustnotstrive; butbegentleuntoall men, apt to teach, patient, Inmeeknessinstructingthose that oppose themselves; if God peradventurewill givethemrepentancetothe acknowledgingof the truth; And that they may recover themselvesout ofthesnareof thedevil, who are taken captivebyhimathiswill.