2 Timothy 2:4-6 No man who wars entangles himself with the occupations of this life, that he may please him, who has chosen him to be a soldier.

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ No man who wars entangles himself with the occupations of this life, that he may please him, who has chosen him to be a soldier. ⁵ And also if one contend in the games, he is not crowned unless he contend according to the laws. ⁶ It becomes the husbandman to labor, before he partakes of the fruits.