2 Timothy 2:4

Modern English Version

No soldier on active duty entangles himself with civilian affairs, that he may please the enlisting officer.

Cross References

Luke 8:14

That which fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has set us free, and be not entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not to please men, but God, who examines our hearts.

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.