2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman must labour first, in order to partake of the fruits.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
In Context
5And if any one contend in the public games, he gains not the crown unless he contend fairly.
7Consider what I say, and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
Cross References
Matthew 20:1For the gospel-kingdom is like the master of a family, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard:
Matthew 25:16Now he that had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and gained other five talents:
John 4:35Do not ye say, it is yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, they are already white for harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who ever goes a warfare at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and doth not eat of the fruit of it? or who feedeth a flock, and doth not eat of the milk of the flock?
Hebrews 10:36For ye have need of patience, that having done the will of God ye 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 →