2 Timothy 2:5 KJV
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2 Timothy 2:5, King James Version
In context
4 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.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
- 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.