2 Timothy 2:4
Not-one soldier-ing/being-armed is-weaving-self-in to{the practice-effect-ias} of{the livelihood/lifestyle}, in-which-place he-may-please to{the soldier-word[ing]/account[ing]/reckon[ing]/enlist[ing]}.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Suffer-bad-together as [a] good soldier of{Anointed Jesus}.
Cross References
Luke 9:59Moreover, he-says toward [a] different-other, "Be-accompanying to{me}." Moreover, the says, "Lord, turn-upon to{me, come[ing]-off/away}, first to-bury the father of{me}."
1 Corinthians 9:25Moreover, every, the competing/contending, is-mastering/controlling-self all[neuter plural]. So, on-one-hand, in-which-place the-there-s may-take [a] ruinable garland/crown, on-the-other-hand, we un-ruinable.
1 Thessalonians 2:4contrariwise, according-as we-have-been-esteem-ized/evaluated under of{the God} to-be-entrusted the good-message, the-same-ly we-are-speaking not as pleasing[participle] to{men}; contrariwise, to{the God, the esteem-izing/evaluating} the hearts of{us},
2 Timothy 4:10for Demas leaves-in-down/against/leaves-behind me, love[ing] the now eon, and is-gone into Thessalonica, Crescens into Galatia, Titus into 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 →