World English Bible
"No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier."
— 2 Timothy 2:4, World English Bible
“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 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.”
You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.