"The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. {that...: or, labouring first, must be partaker of t…" — 2 Timothy 2:6

2 Timothy 2:6 · KJV

“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. {that...: or, labouring first, must be partaker of the fruits}”

— 2 Timothy 2:6

Verse 5

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

Verse 7

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

2 Timothy 2 — Context

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}

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

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.

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?

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

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

1 Corinthians 9:23

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

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.

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.

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:

Isaiah 28:24-26

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?