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¹ Thou therfore my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus.² And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses, the same commit thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apt to teache other also.³ Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe.⁴ No man that warreth, entangleth hym selfe with thaffayres of [this] lyfe, that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier.⁵ And if a man also wrestle, yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie.⁶ The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites.⁷ Consider What I say: and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges.

⁸ Remember that Iesus Christe, of the seede of Dauid, was raysed from the dead, accordyng to my Gospell,⁹ Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde.¹⁰ Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtaine the saluation, which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.¹¹ It is a faythfull saying: for yf we be dead with hym, we shall also lyue with hym:¹² If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs.¹³ If we be vnfaythful, he abideth faithfull, he can not denie hym selfe.

¹⁴ Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, [but] to the peruertyng of ye hearers.¹⁵ Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.¹⁶ But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.¹⁷ And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus,¹⁸ Which about the trueth haue erred, saying that the resurrection is past alredie, & do ouerthrowe the fayth of some.

¹⁹ But the strong foundation of God standeth styl, hauyng this seale: The Lorde knoweth the that are his: And, let euery one that nameth the name of Christe, depart from iniquitie.²⁰ But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour.²¹ If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

²² Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.²³ But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.²⁴ And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue: but be gentle vnto all men, apt to teache, sufferyng euyll in mekenesse,²⁵ Instructing the which are contrarie mynded, yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce, to the knowledge of the trueth:²⁶ And that they may come to the selues agayne, out of the snare of the deuyll, which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll.