5And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
5And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
2 And the things that thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 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.
5 And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2:5Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.
2:5For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
2:5And if also any one contend in the games, he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.
2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
2:5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
2:5and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.