2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every- day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.
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In Context
3Take your share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
5And again, an athlete is not crowned unless he obeys the rules of the game.
Cross References
Luke 9:59To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."
1 Corinthians 9:25Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.
1 Thessalonians 2:4But as my fitness to be entrusted with the gospel has been tested and approved by God, I so speak, not to please men, but to please God, who is testing my motives.
2 Timothy 4:10for Demas has deserted me for love of this present world, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is gone to Galatia; Titus to 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 →