2 Timothy 2:5
And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
In Context
6It becometh the husbandman who laboureth that he should first eat of his fruits.
Cross References
Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for I say to you that many will seek to enter in, but shall not be able.
Philippians 1:15Some preach from envy and contention, but some from good-will,
2 Timothy 4:7The good agony I have fought, and my running I have completed, and my faith I have kept.
Hebrews 2:9But him who was humbled to be less than the angels, we see to be JESHU himself, for the sake of the passion of his death; and glory and honour set upon his head; for He Aloha, in his grace, for every man hath tasted death!
James 1:12Blessed the man who endureth temptations: for when he hath been proved he shall receive the crown of life, which Aloha hath promised unto them who love him.
Revelation 2:10Fear not any thing of those that thou art to suffer; for, behold, it will be that the accuser will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
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 →