2 Timothy 2:4 (WE) A soldier who is fighting does not live the - TopicsExpress



          

2 Timothy 2:4 (WE) A soldier who is fighting does not live the way other people do. He wants to please the one who chose him. (ERV) A soldier wants to please his commanding officer, so he does not spend any time on activities that are not a part of his duty. (CEB) Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them. KNOX) Thou art God’s soldier, and the soldier on service, if he would please the captain who enlisted him, will refuse to be entangled in the business of daily life; (CEV) Soldiers on duty don’t work at outside jobs. They try only to please their commanding officer. (MSG) A soldier on duty doesn’t get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders. An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere. It’s the diligent farmer who gets the produce. Think it over. God will make it all plain. (ASV) No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. (AMP) No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him. (CJB) No soldier on duty gets involved with civilian affairs, since he has to please his commanding officer. (DRA) No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself. (EXB) A soldier wants to please the ·enlisting [or commanding] officer, so no one serving in the army ·wastes time with [gets involved/entangled with] ·everyday matters [civilian affairs]. (GW) Whoever serves in the military doesn’t get mixed up in non-military activities. This pleases his commanding officer. (HCSB) No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter. (NIRV) A soldier does not take part in things that don’t have anything to do with the army. He wants to please his commanding officer. (VOICE) Remember that soldiers on active duty don’t get wrapped up in civilian matters because they want to satisfy those who recruited them. (WEB) No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. (WYC) No man holding knighthood to God, wrappeth himself [enwrappeth himself] with worldly needs, that he please to him, to whom he hath proved himself.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 06:31:55 +0000

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