| Last words - 1835 - 604 pages
...ministry with great diligence ¡ so that his profiting1 did quickly appear to all ; but considering that no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, he obtained leave of his people to return to his own country for a little time, to settle his worldly... | |
| American education society - 1836 - 424 pages
...hrethren, partakers of the common hlessing, and of the common hope. Respecting them, he goes on to say, 'No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to he a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned... | |
| William Ainger - 1836 - 434 pages
...Tim. ii. 3, 4. : and he says, " Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ ; 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." How necessary that, in reference to the ministers of the gospel... | |
| Religion - 1836 - 428 pages
...understand, " This is not the house !" In order to redeem time, he must refuse to engage in secular affairs : 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. He must watch, too, against a dozing away of time : the clock-weight... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1836 - 776 pages
...the Komans prohibited marriage to their soldiery. To this the apostle refers, 2 Tim. ii. 4: "No one that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." 12. The return of the conquering army has ever been an occasion... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1836 - 700 pages
...disembarrassed from the cares and distractions of secular life. To this law the apostle refers ; no one that warreth, ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. (2 Tim. ii. 4.V " The names of those who died or were cashiered... | |
| James A. Twentier - Religion - 2005 - 240 pages
...obedience of Christ; 2 Tim 2:3-5 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 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. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is He not crowned,... | |
| Donald Downing - Religion - 2005 - 198 pages
...face hardship in His service: 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 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 (2 Timothy 2:3-4). According to Paul, being a good soldier means... | |
| Gerald Kaufman - Religion - 2005 - 126 pages
...doing this? Would this thought please God? Would God be pleased with the way I am treating this person? 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. 2 Timothy 2:4 KJV Live by Faith Let your faith in God be evident... | |
| Harley Howard - Religion - 2005 - 218 pages
...were competent to instruct others. "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 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." In these two verses, Paul used an analogy of a soldier to demonstrate... | |
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