2 Timothy 2:4

“No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.”

2 Timothy 2:4 · direct translation from the Greek
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2 Timothy 2:4, word by word

serving as a soldierστρατευόμενοςstrateuomenos

serve as soldier

To serve in the army, to go to war.

Where else “strateuomenos” appears
gets entangledἐμπλέκεταιempleketai

get entangled

Get entangled, be caught up in something.

Where else “empleketai” appears
in the affairsπραγματείαιςpragmateiais

affairs, business

Affairs, business: the matters of everyday life.

Where else “pragmateiais” appears
of everyday lifeβίουbiou

life

Everyday living and its affairs.

Where else “biou” appears
he may pleaseἀρέσῃaresēi

please

Please.

Where else “aresēi” appears
the one who enlisted himστρατολογήσαντιstratologēsanti

enlist

Enlist as a soldier, recruit.

Where else “stratologēsanti” appears

The context

3Share in suffering as a good soldier of the Messiah Jesus.

4 · This verse (above)

5And also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

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