4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
1 Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2 and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;
3 thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;
4 no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
5 and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
6 the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;
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 man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
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 man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.