2 Timothy 2:3-4

2:3 Take your share of suffering ¹  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 please ²  the one who recruited him.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).

[2:4]  ² tn Grk “that he may please.”