2 Timothy 2:6
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
7Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
Matthew 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
John 4:35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
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 →