2 Timothy 2:3-7
Wycliffe Bible
3 Travail thou as a good knight of Christ Jesus. [Travail thou as a good knight of Jesus Christ.]
4 No man holding knighthood to God, wrappeth himself [enwrappeth himself] with worldly needs, that he please to him, to whom he hath proved himself.
5 For he that fighteth in a battle [For why and he that striveth in a battle], shall not be crowned, but he fight lawfully.
6 It behooveth an earth-tiller to receive first of the fruits.
7 Understand thou what things I say [Understand what things I say]. For the Lord shall give to thee understanding in all things.
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2 Timothy 2:3-7
New Matthew Bible
3 Therefore suffer affliction as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man who wars entangles himself with worldly business, because he wants to please him who has chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And though a man strive to win a competition, yet he is not crowned unless he strives lawfully. 6 The husbandman who labours must first receive of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say. May the Lord give you understanding in all things.
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2 Timothy 2:3-7
1599 Geneva Bible
3 [a]Thou therefore suffer affliction as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of [b]this life, because he would please him that hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 [c]And if any man also strive for a mastery, he is not crowned, except he strive as he ought to do.
6 [d]The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits.
7 [e]Consider what I say: and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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- 2 Timothy 2:3 Another admonition: That the ministry of the word is a spiritual warfare, which no man can so travail in, that he may please his captain, unless he forgo and part with all hindrances which might draw him away from it.
- 2 Timothy 2:4 With affairs of household, or other things that belong to other ordinary businesses.
- 2 Timothy 2:5 The third admonition: The ministry is like to a game or justing, wherein men strive for the victory, and no man is crowned unless he strive according to the laws which are prescribed, be they never so hard and painful.
- 2 Timothy 2:6 Another similitude tending to the same end: no man may look for the harvest, unless he first take pains to plow and sow his ground.
- 2 Timothy 2:7 All these things cannot be understood, and much less practiced, unless we ask of God and he gives us understanding.
2 Timothy 2:3-7
Authorized (King James) Version
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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