2 Timothy 2:4New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— No one that is serving as a soldier, entangleth himself with the matters of his livelihood, that he may please him that hath summoned him to serve as a soldier;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses: that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— No man that warreth, entangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life, because he woulde please him that hath chosen him to be a souldier.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— No man that warreth, intangleth himselfe with the affaires of [this] life, that hee may please him who hath chosen him to be a souldJeremiah
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— No man can be a soldier and also entangle himself with the things of this life, if he would please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— No man serveth as a soldier, and entangleth himself with the affairs of the world, that he might please him who hath chosen him.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— No man, on becoming a soldier, entangleth himself with the business of the world; that he may please him who enlisted him. |
No man
3762 {3762} Primeοὐδείςoudeis{oo-dice'}
From G3761 and G1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), that is, none, nobody, nothing.
that warreth
4754 {4754} Primeστρατεύομαιstrateuomai{strat-yoo'-om-ahee}
Middle voice from the base of G4756; to serve in a military campaign; figuratively to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations.
z5734 <5734> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774) Voice - Middle (See G5785) Mood - Participle (See G5796) Count - 111
entangleth himself
y1707 [1707] Standardἐμπλέκωempleko{em-plek'-o}
From G1722 and G4120; to entwine, that is, (figuratively) involve with.
z5743 <5743> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774) Voice - Passive (See G5786) Mood - Indicative (See G5791) Count - 271
with
x1707 (1707) Complementἐμπλέκωempleko{em-plek'-o}
From G1722 and G4120; to entwine, that is, (figuratively) involve with.
the
x3588 (3588) Complementὁho{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
affairs
4230 {4230} Primeπραγματείαpragmateia{prag-mat-i'-ah}
From G4231; a transaction, that is, negotiation.
of [ this] life;
979 {0979} Primeβίοςbios{bee'-os}
A primary word; life, that is, (literally) the present state of existence; by implication the means of livelihood.
that
2443 {2443} Primeἵναhina{hin'-ah}
Probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result).
he may please
700 {0700} Primeἀρέσκωaresko{ar-es'-ko}
Probably from G0142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication to seek to be so).
z5661 <5661> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792) Count - 512
him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
4758 {4758} Primeστρατολογέωstratologeo{strat-ol-og-eh'-o}
From a compound of the base of G4756 and G3004 (in its original sense); to gather (or select) as a warrior, that is, enlist in the army.
z5660 <5660> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Participle (See G5796) Count - 714 |
2 Timothy 2:4
_ _ “No one while serving as a soldier.”
_ _ the affairs of (this) life — “the businesses of life” [Alford]; mercantile, or other than military.
_ _ him who hath chosen him — the general who at the first enlisted him as a soldier. Paul himself worked at tent-making (Acts 18:3). Therefore what is prohibited here is, not all other save religious occupation, but the becoming entangled, or over-engrossed therewith. |
2 Timothy 2:4
No man that warreth entangleth himself — Any more than is unavoidable. In the affairs of this life — With worldly business or cares. That — Minding war only, he may please his captain. In this and the next verse there is a plain allusion to the Roman law of arms, and to that of the Grecian games. According to the former, no soldier was to engage in any civil employment; according to the latter, none could be crowned as conqueror, who did not keep strictly to the rules of the game. |
2 Timothy 2:4
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of (b) [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
(b) With affairs of household, or other things that belong to other ordinary businesses. |
- that warreth:
Deuteronomy 20:5-7 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. ... And what man [is there] that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Luke 9:59-62 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. ... And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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- entangleth:
2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
1 Corinthians 9:25-26 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. ... I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Timothy 6:9-12 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ... Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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- that he:
1 Corinthians 7:22-23 For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant. ... Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
2 Corinthians 5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
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