2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.
7Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1For the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vnto an houssholder which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde.
Matthew 25:16Then he that had receaved the fyve talentes went and bestowed them and wanne other fyve talentes.
John 4:35Saye not ye: there are yet foure monethes and then cometh harvest? Beholde I saye vnto you lyfte vp youre eyes and loke on the regions: for they are whyte all redy vnto harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne cost? who planteth a vynearde and eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke?
Hebrews 10:36For ye have nede of paciece that after ye have done the will of god ye myght receave the promes.
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 →