Catholic Public Domain Version
"No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself. "
— 2 Timothy 2:4, Catholic Public Domain 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 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.”
“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.”
And as for you, my son, be strengthened by the grace which is in Christ Jesus,
and by the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses. These things encourage faithful men, who shall then be suitable to teach others also.
Labor like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself.
Then, too, whoever strives in a competition is not crowned, unless he has competed lawfully.
The farmer who labors ought to be the first to share in the produce.
Understand what I am saying. For the Lord will give you understanding in all things.