2 Timothy 2:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself.

Cross References

Luke 8:14

And those which fell among thorns are those who have heard it, but as they go along, they are suffocated by the concerns and riches and pleasures of this life, and so they do not yield fruit.

2 Corinthians 5:9

And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.

Galatians 5:1

Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.

2 Timothy 4:10

Crescens has gone to Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled and overcome by these things, then the latter state becomes worse than the former.