2 Timothy 2:4
No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
5For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:5And the captains shall proclaim through every band in the hearing of the army: What man is there, that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Luke 9:59But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one.
1 Thessalonians 2:4But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.
2 Timothy 4:10Crescens into Galatia, Titus into 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 →