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2 Timothy 2:5
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Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
And if a man also striue for masteries, yet is hee not crowned except hee striue lawfully.
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
And if someone likewise competes as an athlete, he is not crowned as victor unless he competes according to the rules.
Also an athlete who takes part in a contest must obey all the rules in order to win.
Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.
And also if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
No one wins an athletic contest without obeying the rules.
Also an athlete can't win a contest unless he competes according to the rules.
And if also any one contend [in the games], he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.
Athletes in a race must obey all the rules to win.
And if any man also striue for a Masterie, he is not crowned, except he striue as he ought to doe.
And if a man also strive for mastery in contest, he is not crowned except he compete lawfully.
An athlete who runs in a race cannot win the prize unless he obeys the rules.
And also if anyone competes he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
And also if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.
And if anyone competes as an athlete [in competitive games], he is not crowned [with the wreath of victory] unless he competes according to the rules.
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
If also a man competes in the games, he is not crowned, unless he has competed by the rules.
Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.1 Corinthians 9:25-26;">[xr]
And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.
5 And if one contend [fn] , he is not crowned, unless he contendeth according to the rules.
And if a man also wrestle, yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie.
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
If also a man competes in the games, he is not crowned, unless he has competed by the rules.
And if a man strive, he is not crowned, unless he strive lawfully.
And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules.
For he that fiytith in a batel, schal not be corowned, but he fiyte lawfuli.
And if also a man contends in the games, he is not crowned, except he has contended lawfully.
And if a man also striveth for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.
And athletes cannot win the prize unless they follow the rules.
Anyone who runs in a race must follow the rules to get the crown.
And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules.
If, moreover, any man, contend even in the games, he is not crowned, unless, lawfully, he contend;
For he also that striveth for the mastery is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.
and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
And though a man stryue for a mastrye, yet is he not crowned, excepte he stryue laufully.
a combatant does not receive the crown, unless he has observ'd the laws of the games.
Bronc riders won't take home a buckle if they don't get their mark out. They have to follow the rules to win.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
strive: Luke 13:24, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Philippians 1:15, Colossians 1:29, Hebrews 12:4
is he: 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9, James 1:12, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 3:11, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 4:10
Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 9:25 - striveth 1 Corinthians 9:26 - not Ephesians 6:12 - wrestle 1 Timothy 1:8 - lawfully
Cross-References
And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."
He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,
He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.
Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And if a man also strive for masteries,.... In the Olympic games, by running, wrestling, leaping, c.
yet is he not crowned with a corruptible, fading crown, a crown made of herbs and leaves of trees, as parsley, laurel, c.
except he strive lawfully according to the laws and rules fixed for those exercises; so no man that calls himself a Christian, minister, or any other, can expect the crown of life, the prize of the high calling of God, except he runs the race set before him, in the right way; looking to Christ, the mark, pressing through all difficulties, towards the prize, and holds on and out unto the end.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And if a man also strive for masteries - As in the Grecian games. See this favorite illustration of Paul explained in the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:24 ff.
Yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully - In conformity with the rules of the games. See Grotius, in loc. No one could obtain the prize unless he had complied with all the laws of the games, and had thus given to those with whom he contended, a fair opportunity to succeed. “In those contests, he who transgressed the rules in the least matter, not only failed of the prize, even though the apparent victor, but was sometimes disgraced and punished.” Pictorial Bible. So the apostle here represents the Christian minister as engaged in a struggle or conflict for the crown. He says that he could not hope to win it unless he should comply with all the laws by which it is conferred; unless he should subdue every improper propensity, and make an effort like that evinced by the combatants at the Olympic games; compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:26-27.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. If a man also strive for masteries — εαν δε και αθλη τις. If a man contend in the public games-the Olympic or Isthmian games among the Greeks, so often alluded to and particularly explained in the notes on 1 Corinthians 9:24-26, to which the reader is referred for a full illustration of this verse.
Is he not crowned — Though he may have conquered, except he strive lawfully-unless he enter according to the rules of the athletae, and act as these direct. No man, however zealous he may have been, is to expect the Well done, good and faithful servant, from Jesus Christ, unless he have laboured in the word and doctrine, preached the truth as it is in Jesus, and built up the Church upon Him who is its only FOUNDATION.
