Bible verse
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Timothy 2.
2 And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
3 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4 A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
5 Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
7 Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,
9 for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
KJV
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
ASV
The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
ERV
The husbandman that laboureth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
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