New King James Version
2 Timothy 2:6
6The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
- New International Version (NIV)The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And hardworking farmers should be the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Context of 2 Timothy 2:6
4No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 5And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. 7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. 8Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,
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τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν μεταλαμβάνειν·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Timothy 2:6
- Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
- Matthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
- Matthew 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
- Matthew 21:33“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
- Luke 10:2Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
- John 4:35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
- 1 Corinthians 9:23Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
- Hebrews 10:36For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The husbandman that laboureth - That is: The husbandman must first till his ground before he can expect a crop; and he must till it according to the proper rules of agriculture, else he cannot have a crop. The combatant must fight and conquer, and fight according to the laws of the agones, before he can be crowned; so the Christian minister must labor in the spiritual vineyard, and labor too under the eye and according to the direction of his Master…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The husbandman that laboureth - The margin is, “labouring first, must be partaker.” The idea, according to the translation in the text, is, that there is a fitness or propriety ( dei) that the man who cultivates the earth, should enjoy the fruits of his labor. See the same image explained in the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:10. But if this be the meaning here, it is not easy to see why the apostle introduces it. According to the marginal reading, the word…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7Paul quickly quotes a series of sayings about hard work, struggle, and reward.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. must be first partaker--The right of first partaking of the fruits belongs to him who is laboring; do not thou, therefore, relax thy labors, as thou wouldest be foremost in partaking of the reward. Conybeare explains "first," before the idler.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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