Key Verse Spotlight
2 Timothy 2:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
2 Timothy 2:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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. {among: or, by}
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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.
And if a man also strive for masteries, {yet} is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. {that...: or, labouring first, must be partaker of the fruits}
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