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2 Timothy 2:6

WorkServing others

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.

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.

8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to 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

    For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:7–11

    Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–9

    I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

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  • John 4:35–38

    Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

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  • Luke 10:2

    Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:23

    And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

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  • Matthew 20:1

    For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

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  • Matthew 21:33–41

    Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

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