2 Timothy 2:4
no one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who enlisted him;
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3you, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;
5and if anyone also may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:5And the authorities have spoken to the people, saying, Who [is] the man that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle and another man dedicate it.
Luke 9:59And He said to another, “Follow Me”; and he said, “Lord, permit me, having gone away, to first bury my father”;
1 Corinthians 9:25and everyone who is striving is temperate in all things; these, indeed, then, that they may receive a corruptible garland, but we an incorruptible;
1 Thessalonians 2:4but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,
2 Timothy 4:10for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on 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 →