2 Timothy 2:5
and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
In Context
6the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;
Cross References
Luke 13:24'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
Philippians 1:15Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;
2 Timothy 4:7the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
Hebrews 2:9and him who was made some little less than messengers we see — Jesus — because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.
James 1:12Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
Revelation 2:10'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:2-8
Ministerial Fortitude. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 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,… Read the whole commentary →