3. Suffer hardship with us as a good soldier of יהושע Messiah.
4. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in the affairs of this life, in order to please only him who enlisted him as a soldier.
5. And if anyone competes in a game, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
6. The hard-working farmer ought to be first to receive his share of the crops.
7. Think over what I say, for the Master shall give you understanding into all this.
8. Remember that יהושע Messiah, of the seed of Dawiḏ, was raised from the dead according to my Good News,
9. for which I suffer hardship, as a criminal, unto chains, but the Word of Elohim is not chained.