2 Timothy 2:6

Good News Translation

The farmer who has done the hard work should have the first share of the harvest.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:18

Take care of a fig tree and you will have figs to eat. Servants who take care of their master will be honored.

Matthew 20:1

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who had received five thousand coins went at once and invested his money and earned another five thousand.

Luke 10:2

He said to them, “There is a large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest.

1 Corinthians 9:23

All this I do for the gospel's sake, in order to share in its blessings.

2 Timothy 2:7

Think about what I am saying, because the Lord will enable you to understand it all.

Hebrews 10:36

You need to be patient, in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.

Hebrews 6:7

God blesses the soil which drinks in the rain that often falls on it and which grows plants that are useful to those for whom it is cultivated.