2 Timothy 2:6 “The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.”

2 Timothy 2:6

The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

World English Bible

The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.

American Standard Version

The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

Geneva Bible 1599

The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.

Darby Translation

The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

Young's Literal Translation

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

Bible in Basic English

It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

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Cross references

“husbandman”

1 Corinthians 9:7–11 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 Luke 10:2 John 4:35–38 Isaiah 28:24–26 Matthew 20:1

1 Corinthians 9:7–11 · BSB

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

1 Corinthians 3:6–9 · BSB

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

Luke 10:2 · BSB

And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.

John 4:35–38 · BSB

Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

Isaiah 28:24–26 · BSB

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

Matthew 20:1 · BSB

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

“that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits”

Hebrews 10:36 1 Corinthians 9:23

Hebrews 10:36 · BSB

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

1 Corinthians 9:23 · BSB

I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

7Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.

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