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Labor Before Reward
The primary message, according to most commentators, is that labor must precede reward. Just as a farmer must toil through planting and cultivating before enjoying a harvest, a Christian must endure hardship and labor faithfully before receiving their heavenly reward. Scholars like Calvin and Barnes emphasize that Paul's point is sequential: first comes the work, then comes the fruit. This serves as an encouragement to persevere through present difficulties.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 2:6
18th Century
Theologian
The husbandman that laboureth. The margin is, "labouring first, must be partaker." The idea, according to the translation in the …
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboureth (τον κοπιωντα γεωργον). "The toiling tiller of the soil" (γεωργον, from γη and εργω, worker of the e…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 2:6
19th Century
Bishop
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.—Again, the picture is painted from everyday life. “Th…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Timothy 2:5–8
19th Century
Preacher
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Timothy 2:6
The Christian ministry can also be compared to farming. The pastor must sow the seed and cultivate the growing plants. One of Paul’s main emphases …
John Calvin
On 2 Timothy 2:6
16th Century
Theologian
The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits. I am well aware that others render this passage differently; and I acknowledge tha…
John Gill
On 2 Timothy 2:6
17th Century
Pastor
The husbandman that laboureth
In manuring his ground, in ploughing, in sowing, in weeding, in reaping
Matthew Henry
On 2 Timothy 2:1–7
17th Century
Minister
As our trials increase, we need to grow stronger in that which is good: our faith stronger, our resolution stronger, our love to God and Christ str…