2 Timothy 2:6
It is necessary that the hardworking farmer receive his share of the crops first.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5Also, if someone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes by the rules.
7Think about what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? Does he continually break up and harrow the field? 1
Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16The one who received the five talents went at once and invested them and made another five talents.
John 4:35Do you not say, 'There are four more months and then the harvest comes'? I am saying to you, look up and see the fields, for they are already ripe for harvest!
1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink milk from it?
Hebrews 10:36For you need patience, so that you may receive what God has promised, after you have done his will. 1
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 →