2 Timothy
King James Version (KJV)


“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.”
King James Version (KJV)
2:6 Unless he labour first, he will reap no fruit.
2Ti 2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. The farmer has the first right to the fruits. Three illustrations, that of the soldier, the athlete, and the farmer are here given (2Ti 2:4-6). They all bear on the life of Timothy. ``All three must deny themselves and suffer, in order to receive the reward. The soldier denies himself the world; the athlete obeys rigid laws; the husbandman labors and waits for a reward. So you must be content to deny yourself, to suffer, and to wait for your reward.''
The husbandman that laboureth, must bee first partaker of the fruites.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
- Basic English Bible
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.
- Darby Bible
The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
The husbandman that laboureth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
- English Revised Version
The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.
- World English Bible