New Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Timothy 2:4
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A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
BSB text & permissions
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.
KJV text & permissions
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican Standard Version
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
ASV text & permissions
No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he might please the [one] having enlisted him.
BLB text & permissions