2 Timothy 2:5
“And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.”
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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 if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
Cross-References
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”