2 Timothy 2:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.

Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns, are they who have heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and yield no fruit.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.

2 Timothy 4:10

Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.

2 Corinthians 5:9

And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.