2 Timothy 2:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ The hard-working farmer ought to be first to receive his share of the crops.

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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

He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And he who guards his master is esteemed.

Matthew 20:1

“For the reign of the heavens is like a man, a householder who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 25:16

“And he who had received the five talents went and worked with them, and made another five talents.

Luke 10:2

Then He said to them, “The harvest indeed is great, but the workers are few, therefore pray the Master of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do this because of the Good News, so as to become a fellow-partaker with it.

2 Timothy 2:7

Think over what I say, for the Master shall give you understanding into all this.

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the desire of Elohim, you receive the promise:

Hebrews 6:7

For ground that is drinking the rain often falling on it, and is bearing plants fit for those by whom it is tilled, receives blessing from Elohim,