Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Timothy 2:3)
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Phil. 2:25; 1 Tim. 1:18. All the devotion and loyalty and physical stamina of a real soldier are prerequisite to genuine Christian leadership.
Or, “first-class,” “excellent.”
Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the reading “suffer evil together with [someone, or others],” that is, “take your share of suffering” (RSV).