4No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
4No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus:
2 And the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men, who shall be fit to teach others also.
3 Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4 No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
5 For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.
2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2:4No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.
2:4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
2:4No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
2:4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2:4No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
2:4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
2:4No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.