2 Timothy 2:4
No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
3Endure hardship with me, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
5And if a man also contends in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contends lawfully.
Cross References
Luke 9:59And he said to another: Follow me. But he said: Lord permit me first to go and bury my father.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one who contends for the prize is temperate in all things; they indeed to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
1 Thessalonians 2:4but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.
2 Timothy 4:10For Demas forsook me, having loved the present world, and departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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 →