2 Timothy 2:4

World English Bible (WEB)

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

In context

2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

6 The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.

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.
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.
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.