2 Timothy 2:4

Tree of Life Version

No one serving as a soldier entangles himself in the activities of everyday life, so that he might please the one who enlisted him.

Cross References

Luke 8:14

Now that which fell into the thorns are those who were hearing; but as they go along the way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear mature fruit.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So whether at home or absent, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom, Messiah set us free—so stand firm, and do not be burdened by a yoke of slavery again.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we declare it—not pleasing men but rather God, who examines our hearts.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, having loved this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessolonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Peter 2:20

For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.