"No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of {this} life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be…" — 2 Timothy 2:4

2 Timothy 2:4 · 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.”

— 2 Timothy 2:4

Verse 3

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

Verse 5

And if a man also strive for masteries, {yet} is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

2 Timothy 2 — Context

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. {among: or, by}

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.

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. {that...: or, labouring first, must be partaker of the fruits}

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.

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.

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.

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. {freeman: Gr. made free}

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.

Luke 9:59-62

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

2 Corinthians 5:9

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

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.