2 Timothy 2:4-6 No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, so that he might please the one enlisting him .

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, so that he might please the one enlisting him . ⁵ And also if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully. ⁶ It is right the laboring farmer to partake first of the fruits.