2 Timothy 2:4

The Scriptures 1998

No one serving as a soldier gets involved in the affairs of this life, in order to please only him who enlisted him as a soldier.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But as we have been approved by Elohim to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but Elohim who proves our hearts.

Luke 8:14

“And that which fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with worries, and riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Master and Saviour יהושע  Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the first.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and went to Thessalonike, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So we also make it our aim to be well-pleasing to Him, whether being at home, or being away from home.

Galatians 5:1

In the freedom with which Messiah has made us free, stand firm, then, and do not again be held with a yoke of slavery.