King James Version (KJV)
2 Timothy 2:5
“And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.”
Verse in context — 2 Timothy 2
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Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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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.
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And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
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The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
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Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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Paul’s final letter, urging faithfulness to the gospel.
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