2 Timothy 2:5
And also if any man competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
In Context
6The farmer who labors must be the first to partake of the fruits.
Cross References
Luke 13:24Compete to enter in by the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
Philippians 1:15Actually some also preach the Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good-will.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.
Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus who has been made a little something less than the heavenly agents, who, because of the suffering of death, has been crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God he would taste of death for every man.
James 1:12Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Revelation 2:10Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will
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 →