Bible in Basic English
"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."
— 2 Timothy 2:4, Bible in Basic English
“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 service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as 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.”
“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.”
So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
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.
And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.