4No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.


In Context

1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.

3 Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

4 No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.

5 Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.

6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

2nd Timothy 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.