[a]The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits.

[b]Consider what I say: and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

[c]Remember that Jesus Christ, made of the seed of David, was raised again from the dead according to my Gospel,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:6 Another similitude tending to the same end: no man may look for the harvest, unless he first take pains to plow and sow his ground.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:7 All these things cannot be understood, and much less practiced, unless we ask of God and he gives us understanding.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:8 He confirmeth plainly two principles of our faith, which are always assaulted of heretics, the one whereof (to wit, that Christ is the true Messiah made man of the seed of David) is the ground of our salvation: and the other is the highest part of it, to wit, that he is risen again from the dead.

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