5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.


In Context

2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

3 You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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

5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

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

7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

2 Timothy 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5And if also any one contend in the games, he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.