A moment in scripture
2 Timothy 2:4
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- 2 Timothy 2:2
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.
- 2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
- 2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.