⁸ Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, ⁹ for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained. ¹⁰ Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

¹¹ Here is a trustworthy saying:

If we died with him,
    we will also live with him;

¹² if we endure,
    we will also reign with him.
If we disown him,
    he will also disown us;

¹³ if we are faithless,
    he remains faithful,
    for he cannot disown himself.