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So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

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And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

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Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

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A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

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And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

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It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

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Give thought to what I say for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

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Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

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In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime but the word of God is not in chains.

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But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

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If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

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If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.