2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman who toils is the first who ought to partake of the fruits.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the master of a family, who went out at break of day, to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16He then who had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and acquired five other talents.
John 4:35Do ye not say, That yet there are four months, and then the harvest cometh? behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look upon the fields; for they are now white for harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who goeth at any time to war at his own expences? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit of it? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Hebrews 10:36For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye may 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 →