2 ad Thessalonicenses 2:5

Nova Vulgata

si autem certat quis agone, non coronatur nisi legitime certaverit.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Unus enim Deus, unus et mediator Dei et hominum homo Christus Jesus :

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Nam et qui certat in agone, non coronatur nisi legitime certaverit.

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

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.