2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
7Consider what I say; may the Lord indeed give thee understanding in all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?
Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16Then he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.
John 4:35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth 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 →