2 Timothy 2:6
The farmer who labors ought to be the first to share in the produce.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully.
7Understand what I am saying. For the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?
Matthew 20:1“The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family who went out in early morning to lead workers into his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five.
John 4:35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then the harvest arrives?’ Behold, I say to you: Lift up your eyes and look at the countryside; for it is already ripe for the harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
Hebrews 10:36For it is necessary for you to be patient, so that, by doing the will of God, you may 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 →