3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Messiah Yeshua.
4 No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the activities of everyday life, so that he might please the one who enlisted him.
5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned victorious unless he competes according to the rules.
6 The hard-working farmer ought to receive the first share of the crops.
7 Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
8 Remember Yeshua the Messiah, raised from the dead, from the seed of David—according to my Good News.
9 For this I suffer hardship as a criminal, even to the point of chains—though the word of God is not chained.