2 Timothy 2:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

In context

2 And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.

3 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

4 A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

5 Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
KJV 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.
WEB World English Bible: No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
ASV American Standard Version: No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
DBY Darby Translation: No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.