2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that labors must first partake of the fruits.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And if a man also contends in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contends lawfully.
7Consider what I say; for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1FOR the kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents.
John 4:35Do ye not say, that there are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are already white for harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who ever goes to war at his own charges? Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of the fruit thereof? Or who tends a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?
Hebrews 10:36For ye have need of patience, that having done the will of God ye 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 →