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.
10 So I endure through it all for the sake of the chosen, so that they too obtain deliverance which is in Messiah יהושע with everlasting esteem.