2 Timothy 2:4 - Amplified Bible - Classic EditionNo soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. See the chapterCommon English BibleNobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionNo man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionNo man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself. See the chapter |