2 Timothy 2:4-6 No man serveth as a soldier, and entangleth himself with the affairs of the world, that he might please him who hath chosen him.

Etheridge⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ No man serveth as a soldier, and entangleth himself with the affairs of the world, that he might please him who hath chosen him. ⁵ And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend. ⁶ It becometh the husbandman who laboureth that he should first eat of his fruits.