2 Timothy 2:6
The labourer who does the work should be the first to receive a share of the fruits of the earth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5No athlete is ever awarded the wreath of victory unless he has kept the rules.
7Reflect upon what I say; the Lord will always help you to understand.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1For the Kingdom of Heaven is like an employer who went out in the early morning to hire labourers for his vineyards.
Matthew 25:16The man who had received the three thousand pounds went at once and traded with it, and made another three thousand.
John 4:35Do not you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!
1 Corinthians 9:7Does any one ever serve as a soldier at his own expense? Does any one plant a vineyard and not eat its produce? Or does any one look after a herd and not drink the milk?
Hebrews 10:36You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God’s will, you may obtain the fulfilment of his 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 →