5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
6 The farmer who labours must be the first to get a share of the crops.
7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
8 Remember Yeshua the Messiah, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News,
9 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Messiah Yeshua with eternal glory.
11 This saying is trustworthy:“For if we died with him,we will also live with him.