2 Timothy 2:4
No man serveth as a soldier, and entangleth himself with the affairs of the world, that he might please him who hath chosen him.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
3And endure evils as a good soldier of Jeshu Meshiha.
5And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.
Cross References
Luke 9:59And he said to another, Come after me. But he said to him, My Lord, permit me first to go bury my father.
1 Corinthians 9:25For every man who contendeth from every thing (besides with) holdeth his mind; and they who run (do it) that they may receive a crown that is corruptible, but we one that is incorruptible.
1 Thessalonians 2:4but as approved of Aloha to be intrusted with his gospel, so speaking as not to please men, but Aloha who trieth our hearts.
2 Timothy 4:10for Dema hath left me, and hath loved this world, and is gone to Thessalonika; Krispos to Galatia, Titos 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 →