2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And if any man also striue for a Masterie, he is not crowned, except he striue as he ought to doe.
7Consider what I say: and the Lord giue thee vnderstanding in all things:
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground?
Matthew 20:1For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.
Matthew 25:16Then he that had receiued the fiue talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other fiue talents.
John 4:35Say not ye, There are yet foure moneths, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, Lift vp your eyes, and looke on the regions: for they are white alreadie vnto haruest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?
Hebrews 10:36For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue 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 →