And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith.

But you, on your part, have faithfully followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

But you, on your part, must continue to abide by what you have learned and been led to rely upon, because you know from whom you learned it

But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.

Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but bear thy part in the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God;