[1] Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is Christ Jesus. [2] And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. [3] Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.[4] No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.