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Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindfull of thy teares, that I may bee filled with ioy,

Bee not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but bee thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God,

This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¶ Thou therefore, my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Iesus.

And the things that thou hast heard of mee among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithfull men, who shall be able to teach others also.

1611 marginal noteOr, by.

No man that warreth, intangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life, that hee may please him who hath chosen him to be a souldier.

The husbandman that laboureth, must bee first partaker of the fruites.

1611 marginal noteOr, the husbandman labouring first, must be partaker of the fruites.

It is a faithfull saying: for if we bee dead with him, wee shall also liue with him.

Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly diuiding the word of trueth.

If a man therefore purge himselfe from these, he shal be a vessell vnto honour, sanctified, and meete for the Masters vse, and prepared vnto euery good worke.