2 Timothy 2:4
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
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, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
2 Timothy 2:4 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
- 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.