2 Timothy 2:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁶ The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ [It is] the hard-working farmer [who labors to produce] who must be the first partaker of the fruits.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

Common English Bible

⁶ A hardworking farmer should get the first share of the crop.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The farmer who labors ought to be the first to share in the produce.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.

2 Timothy 2:6 Cross References

Proverbs 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

Matthew 20:1

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

Matthew 25:16

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

Luke 10:2

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.

1 Corinthians 9:23

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

2 Timothy 2:7

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Hebrews 10:36

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Hebrews 6:7

For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: