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Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

And if someone likewise competes as an athlete, he is not crowned as victor unless he competes according to the rules.

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.