Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Timothy 2:6

"The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits." — 2 Timothy 2:6 (ASV)

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

This is a law. No man has any right to be a partaker at all until he has first tasted of the fruits of the field. Until we have first tasted that the Lord is gracious, we cannot effectively or properly minister the things of God.