2 Timothy 2:6
The farmer who has done the work should be the first to get a share of the crop.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And again, an athlete is not crowned unless he obeys the rules of the game.
7Reflect on what I am telling you. The Lord will give you understanding in everything.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16"At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more.
John 4:35Do you not say, ‘It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest’?Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7What soldier ever serves at his own expense? What farmer ever plants a vineyard and his flock and does not taste the milk?
Hebrews 10:36For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you 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 →