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2 Timothy 2:5 KJV
2 Timothy · chapter 2 · verse 5
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.2 Timothy 2:5 · King James Version
2 Timothy 2:5 in context
3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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- crownedstephanoōto encircle with a crown, to crown the victor in a contest, to adorn, to honourG4737 →
- exceptean mēif not, unless, whoever... notG3362 →
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Here Paul encourages Timothy to constancy and perseverance in his work: Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, Ti2 2:1. Observe, Those who have work to do for God must stir up themselves to do it, and strengthen themselves for it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7