2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
King James Version
In Context
5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Matthew 20:1For 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.
Matthew 25:16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
John 4:35Say 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.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who 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?
Hebrews 10:36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:2-8
Ministerial Fortitude. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 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. 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,… Read the whole commentary →