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Any soldier who fights in a war does not become busy with other things. He only wants to fight well to make his captain happy. It is the same with an athlete who runs a race.[a] He cannot win the race unless he obeys the rules. A farmer works hard to grow plants for food. So he should be the first person to receive some of that food.

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  1. 2:5 An athlete is a strong person who runs in games and races.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully. The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

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