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2 Timothy 2:6
6The hard-working farmer ought to receive the first share 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 King James Version (NKJV)The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
Context of 2 Timothy 2:6
4No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the activities of everyday life, so that he might please the one who enlisted him. 5Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned victorious unless he competes according to the rules. The hard-working farmer ought to receive the first share of the crops. 7Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. 8Remember Yeshua the Messiah, raised from the dead, from the seed of David—according to my Good News.
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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 a plowman plow all day to sow the seed? Does he continually break open and harrow his ground?
- Matthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
- Matthew 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable. There was a master of a household who planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then He leased it to some tenant farmers and went on a journey.
- Luke 10:2And He was telling them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, beg the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.
- John 4:35Don’t you say, ‘Four more months, and then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields! They are white and ready for harvest.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink its milk?
- 1 Corinthians 9:23I do it all for the sake of the Good News, so that I might be a fellow partaker of it.
- Hebrews 10:36For you need perseverance 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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