2 Timothy 2:4
No soldier on active service entangles himself with the affairs of civilian life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
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3Therefore endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
5And if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
Cross References
Luke 9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who competes is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown; but we an imperishable.
1 Thessalonians 2:4But just as we were approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
2 Timothy 4:10For Demas, having loved this present world, has forsaken me and has departed to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and 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 →