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2 Timothy 2:6

WorkServing others

4 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.

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

7 Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.

8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

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BSB
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
KJV
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
WEB
The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.
ASV
The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
DARBY
The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.
BLB
It is necessary for the toiling farmer first to partake of the fruits.
ÅB
Den bonde som arbeider, bør først nyte fruktene.
OTB
Den flittige bonden bør være den første til å få del i avlingen.
B1930
Den bonde som arbeider, bør først nyte fruktene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 10:36

    You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:7–11

    Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–9

    I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

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  • John 4:35–38

    Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

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  • Luke 10:2

    And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:23

    I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

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  • Matthew 20:1

    “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

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  • Matthew 21:33–41

    Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

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