2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
7Understand what I say: for the Lord will give thee in all things understanding.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
Matthew 20:1The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five.
John 4:35Do you not say, There are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries; for they are white already to harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Hebrews 10:36For patience is necessary for you; that, 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 →