2nd Timothy Chapter 2 verse 6 Holy Bible
The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
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It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
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The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.
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The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
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The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.
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the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - The first to partake for first partaker, A.V. That laboureth (τὸν κοπιῶντα). Let not Timothy think to shirk labour and yet enjoy its fruits. (For κοπιάω, see note on 1 Timothy 5:17.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.--Again the picture is painted from every-day life. "The husbandman that laboureth"--with an emphasis upon "that laboureth"--is the successful tiller of the ground; "the labouring husbandman" it is, for whom the earth brings forth her increase. It is the enduring, patient, self-sacrificing toil that is rewarded in the affairs of common life--the man that "endures hardness," whether as a soldier, or athlete, or tiller of the ground, wins the reward; and as in the world, so in religion. Further on in the Epistle the Apostle speaks of his having won the crown of righteousness. He had endured hardness of every conceivable kind; every affliction for the Lord's sake he had endured save death, and that he was expecting, and knew it could not long tarry. The teaching of St. Paul in this triple picture is--not every soldier wins its commander's applause, but only the veteran who devotes himself heart and soul to his profession; not every athlete wins the crown or prize, but only he who trains with anxious, painful care; not every tiller of the ground gathers the earth's fruits, but only the patient toiler. So must it be in religious life. It is not enough to say we are Christians, or even to wish to be of the brotherhood of Christ. Men must really live the life they say they love.
