and (A)what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses (B)entrust to faithful men,[a] (C)who will be able to teach others also. (D)Share in suffering as (E)a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier (F)gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. (G)An athlete is not (H)crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is (I)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:2 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women, depending on the context

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