2 Timothy 2:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:18

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

Matthew 20:1

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Matthew 25:16

He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more.

Luke 10:2

And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

2 Timothy 2:7

Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

Hebrews 6:7

For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.