2 Timothy 2:4

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2 Timothy 2:4


← 2 Timothy 2:3 2 Timothy 2:4 (KJV) 2 Timothy 2:5 →
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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.
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

No manG3762 that warrethG4754 entangleth himselfG1707 with the affairsG4230 of this lifeG979; thatG2443 he may pleaseG700 him who hath chosen him to be a soldierG4758.


Original Greek

οὐδεὶς στρατευόμενος ἐμπλέκεται ταῖς τοῦ βίου πραγματείαις, ἵνα τῷ στρατολογήσαντι ἀρέσῃ.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
οὐδεὶς
oudeis G3762 A-NSM-N No man
στρατευόμενος
strateuomenos G4754 V-PMP-NSM that warreth
ἐμπλέκεται
empleketai G1707 V-PPI-3S entangleth himself
ταῖς
tais G3588 T-DPF *
τοῦ
tou G3588 T-GSM *
βίου
biou G979 N-GSM of [this] life
πραγματείαις,
pragmateiais G4230 N-DPF with the affairs
ἵνα
hina G2443 CONJ that
τῷ
tō G3588 T-DSM *
στρατολογήσαντι
stratologēsanti G4758 V-AAP-DSM him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
ἀρέσῃ.
aresē G700 V-AAS-3S he may please
Strong's References
  • G700 — ἀρέσκω (aréskō, ar-es'-ko): probably from αἴρω (aírō) G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so); please
  • G979 — βίος (bíos, bee'-os): a primary word; life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood; good, life, living
  • G1707 — ἐμπλέκω (emplékō, em-plek'-o): from ἐν (en) G1722 and πλέκω (plékō) G4120; to entwine, i.e. (figuratively) involve with; entangle (in, self with)
  • G2443 — ἵνα (hína, hin'-ah): probably from the same as the former part of ἑαυτοῦ (heautoû) G1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare ὁ (ho) G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result); albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare ἵνα μή (hína mḗ) G3363.
  • G3762 — οὐδείς (oudeís, oo-dice'): from οὐδέ (oudé) G3761 and εἷς (heîs) G1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing; any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought
  • G4230 — πραγματεία (pragmateía, prag-mat-i'-ah): from πραγματεύομαι (pragmateúomai) G4231; a transaction, i.e. negotiation; affair
  • G4754 — στρατεύομαι (strateúomai, strat-yoo'-om-ahee): middle voice from the base of στρατιά (stratiá) G4756; to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations; soldier, (go to) war(-fare)
  • G4758 — στρατολογέω (stratologéō, strat-ol-og-eh'-o): from a compound of the base of στρατιά (stratiá) G4756 and λέγω (légō) G3004 (in its original sense); to gather (or select) as a warrior, i.e. enlist in the army; choose to be a soldier

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom); the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc

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