2 Timothy 2:5
And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
In Context
6The husbandman that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes.
Cross References
Luke 13:24stryve with youre selves to enter in at the strayte gate: For many I saye vnto you will seke to enter in and shall not be able.
Philippians 1:15Some ther are which preache Christ of envie and stryfe and some of good wyll.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good fight and have fulfilled my course and have kept the fayth.
Hebrews 2:9Neverthelesse we yet se not all thynges subdued but him that was made lesse the the angelles: we se that it was Iesus which is crouned with glory and honour for the sofferinge of death: that he by the grace of god shulde tast of deeth for all men.
James 1:12Happy is the man that endureth in temptacion for when he is tryed he shall receave the croune of lyfe which the Lorde hath promysed to them that love him.
Revelation 2:10Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde the devyll shall caste of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall have tribulacion .x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe.
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 →