[8] not therefore ashamed of the testimony Lord, nor his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; [9] Who hath saved and called us with an holy calling, not according to works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given in Christ Jesus before the world began, [10] But now made manifest by the appearing Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and life and immortality to light through the gospel: