²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^(A)that I may share with them in its blessings.

¹⁰ Therefore ^(A)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain ^(B)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with ^(C)eternal glory.

³⁵ For ^(A)whoever would save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake ^(B)and the gospel's will save it.

¹⁴ For we have come to share in Christ, ^(A)if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

²⁵ Every ^(A)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^(B)an imperishable. ²⁶ So I do not run aimlessly; I ^(C)do not box as one ^(D)beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body and ^(E)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(F)I myself should be ^(G)disqualified.

^3 (A)that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed ^(B)our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Shepherd the Flock of God

5 So I exhort the elders among you, ^(A)as a fellow elder and ^(B)a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

Jesus Greater Than Moses

3 Therefore, holy brothers,^[a] you who share in ^(A)a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, ^(B)the apostle and high priest of our confession,

⁶ It is ^(A)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.