2 Timothy 2:4

1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Timothy 6:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:9; 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Timothy 4:10; Deuteronomy 20:5-7; Luke 8:14; Luke 9:59-62

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life - Having alluded to the soldier, and stated one thing in which the Christian...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 aff...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

( d ) 2 Timothy 2:1-13 . The Appeal Renewed. Thus enriched in his ordination, challenged by Paul's example, and warned by the Asian defection, Tim...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

No man No one. Greek. oudeis. warreth . Compare 1 Timothy 1:18 . entangleth . Greek empteko. Only here and 2 Peter 2:20 . affairs . Gre...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 No man who warreth He continues to make use of the metaphor which he had borrowed from warfare. Yet, strictly speaking, he formerly called...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. No man that warre...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

No man that warreth entangleth himself, &c.— The Roman soldiers were not suffered to be tutors to any person, curators of another man's estate,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. 'No one whil...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortations to Flrmness, Uncontentiousness, and Perseverance 1-26. The duties of God's ministers are, (1) to maintain the faith against assailant...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Endure hardness] RV 'suffer hardship with me.' A good soldier ] The soldier's virtue is to be shown in resisting, (1) the enemies of the faith, (2...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

No man that warreth... — Better rendered, while engaged on military service, or serving as a soldier. The first picture is suggested by the las...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 30 THE CHRISTIAN'S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS HUSBANDRY. - 2 Timothy 2:3-7 ST. PAUL represents the Christian...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus” 2 Timothy 2:1-9 Soldier , 2 Timothy 2:1-4 : There is grace enough in Jesus for every need, but we must avai...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In order to fulfil the ideal revealed in the instructions, Timothy was charged to "be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." The apostle...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, th...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AGAINST ENTANGLEMENTS ‘No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him Who hath chosen him to be a so...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

No man that warreth ,.... Who is a soldier, and gives himself up to military service, in a literal sense: the Vulgate Latin version, without any aut...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 4. With...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou therefore endure hardness Κακοπαθησον, literally, endure evil; that is, expect persecutions and various sufferings, and, by the powerful aid...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If in chapter 1 we have seen the blessedness of God's abiding presence in His beloved saints - whatever may be the human failure everywhere - now in...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ministerial Fortitude. A. D. 66. 1 Thou ther...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Having told Timothy that his life was to be the life of a soldier, in which he would be exposed to many difficulties, and dangers, and hazards, he he...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 2:3 . Endure hardness. —R.V. “Suffer hardship with me.” Compare 2 Timothy 1:8 , where the same word oc...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Timothy 1:1-2 . Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witn...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Timothy 2:1 . Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Is an exhortation to every one of us, not only to have gr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 2:1 . Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Be strong in the Lord, and in every virtue. This is chiefly repeated from Ephesia...
The Biblical Illustrator

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life. Roman soldiers were not allowed to marry or to engage in any husbandry or...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Timothy 2:1 Child for son , A.V.; strengthened for strong, A.V. Be strengthened (ἐνδυναμοῦ) ; more exactly (as Hut...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonition to Faithfulness in the Ministry.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christian's Titles 2 Timothy 2:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will discuss the seven distinctive names under which Paul addressed his son in t...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No man that warreth entangleth himself — Any more than is unavoidable. In the affairs of this life — With worldly business or cares. That — Minding...

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Timothy 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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