2 Timothy 2:6
The toiling husbandman, ought, first, of the fruits, to partake:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5If, moreover, any man, contend even in the games, he is not crowned, unless, lawfully, he contend;
7Think, as to what I am speaking; for the Lord will give thee discernment in all things.
Cross References
Isaiah 28:24All day long, doth the plowman plow for sowing? Doth he continue laying open and harrowing his soil?
Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of the heavens, is like, a man, a householder,—who went forth with the morning, to hire labourers into his vineyard;
Matthew 25:16Straightway, he who, the five talents, had received, went and traded with them, and gained other five:
John 4:35Are, ye, not saying—Yet, a fourmonth, it is, and, the harvest, cometh? Lo! I say unto you—Lift up your eyes, and gaze at the fields,—that, white, are they unto, harvest. Already,
1 Corinthians 9:7Who serveth as a soldier, at his own charges, at any time? Who planteth a vineyard,—and, the fruit thereof, doth not eat? [Or] who shepherdeth a flock,—and, of the milk of the flock, doth not eat?
Hebrews 10:36For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, 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 →