2 Timothy 2:4
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
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Context
2 And the things that you hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 you therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Yahusha Messiah.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.