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2 Timothy 2:4

Following JesusServing others

2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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.

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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

    But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

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  • Luke 8:14

    And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

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  • 2 Peter 2:20

    For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:22–23

    For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:25–26

    And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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  • Luke 9:59–62

    And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:9

    Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

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