Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Endure hardness - He considers a Christian minister under the notion of a soldier, not so much for his continual conflicts with the world, the devil, and the flesh, for these are in a certain sense common to all Christians, but for the hardships and difficulties to which he must be exposed who faithfully preaches the Gospel of Christ.
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2 Timothy 2:3
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.