2 Timothy 2:4
No man, on becoming a soldier, entangleth himself with the business of the world; that he may please him who enlisted him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
3And endure evils, as a good soldier of Jesus the Messiah.
5And if one contend in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth according to the rules.
Cross References
Luke 9:59And he said to another: Come thou after me. And he said to him: My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
1 Corinthians 9:25For every one who engageth in the contest, restraineth his desires in every thing. And they run, to obtain a crown that perisheth; but we, one that perisheth not.
1 Thessalonians 2:4but as we had been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who searcheth our hearts.
2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath left me; and hath loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus 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 →