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And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
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The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
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Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.
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Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:
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wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.
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Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
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if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
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if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
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Of these things put them in remembrance, charging [them] in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.
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Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.