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2 Timothy 2:4

Following JesusServing others

2 And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.

3 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

5 Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

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BSB
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
KJV
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.
WEB
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
ASV
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
DARBY
No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
BLB
No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he might please the one having enlisted him.
ÅB
Ingen som gjør krigstjeneste, blander seg inn i livets sysler, for at han kan tekkes sin hærfører.
OTB
Ingen soldat som er i aktiv tjeneste, lar seg innvikle i dagliglivets bekymringer, slik at han kan tilfredsstille den som har vervet ham.
B1930
Ingen som gjør krigstjeneste, blander sig inn i livets sysler, forat han kan tekkes sin hærfører.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:4

    Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

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  • Luke 8:14

    The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.

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  • 2 Peter 2:20

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:22–23

    For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:25–26

    Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

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  • Luke 9:59–62

    Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:9

    So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.

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