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


In Context

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.

7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,

2nd Timothy 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The husbandman that laboureth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The farmer that labors must be first partaker of the fruits.