Devine Scripture

2 Timothy 2:4

2 Timothy chapter 2 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Context

v.3Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

v.4This passage

v.5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 8:14

    And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

  • 2 Peter 2:20

    For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:22

    For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ’s bondservant.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:4

    but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

  • Deuteronomy 20:5

    And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.