[1] Thou therefore, son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. [2] And the things that thou hast heard of among many witnesses, commit thou to faithful men, who able to teach others also. [3] as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. [4] 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. [5] And if a man also strive not crowned, he strive lawfully.