2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman who laboreth, ought first to feed on his fruits.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And if one contend in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth according to the rules.
7Consider what I say. Our Lord give thee wisdom in all things.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the lord of a house, who went out, at dawn of day, to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Matthew 25:16Then he that received five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five more.
John 4:35Do ye not say, that after four months cometh the harvest? Behold, I say to you, and lift up your eyes, and look upon the grounds, that they are white, and have already come to the harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who, that serveth in war, doth so at his own expense? Or who, that planteth a vineyard, eateth not of its fruits? Or who, that tendeth sheep, eateth not of the milk of his flocks?
Hebrews 10:36For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and 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 →