2 Timothy 2:3–4

2:3 Take your share of suffering5 as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2:4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please6 the one who recruited him.

5	tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).
6	tn Grk “that he may please.”