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. "
— 2 Timothy 2:4, American Standard 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.”
“No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.”
“No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.”
“No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses: that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.”
“A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.”
“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.”
Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.