NET Bible
"The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops."
— 2 Timothy 2:6, NET Bible
“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.”
“The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits. ”
“The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.”
“The husbandman that laboureth must first partake of the fruits.”
“It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.”
“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.”
Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.
The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.
Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; such is my gospel,
for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!