2 Timothy 2:6
It becometh the husbandman who laboureth that he should first eat of his fruits.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.
7Understand what I say to thee. Our Lord give thee wisdom in all things.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a house-lord, who went forth in the early morn to hire labourers for his vinery.
Matthew 25:16But he who had received five talents went and traded with them, and gained five others.
John 4:35Say you not, that after four moons cometh harvest? Behold, I tell you, Lift up your eyes, and see the lands which have become white for the harvest already.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who serveth at service at the expenses of himself? or who planteth the vinery, and from the fruits thereof eateth not? or who pastureth sheep, and from the milk of the flock eateth not?
Hebrews 10:36But patience is needed by you, that ye may do the will of Aloha, and receive the promise.
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 →