That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
2 Timothy 2:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him. American Standard Version (1901) No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. Common English Bible Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them. Catholic Public Domain Version No man, acting as a soldier for God, entangles himself in worldly matters, so that he may be pleasing to him for whom he has proven himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself. |
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.