2 Timothy 2:6 (KJV)

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

The apostle exhorts Timothy to persevere with diligence, like a soldier, a combatant, and a husbandmanAs 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 stronger....

Hebrews 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Isaiah 28:24–26 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? …
Matthew 9:37–38 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; …
Matthew 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Matthew 21:33–41 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: …
Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
John 4:35–38 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. …
1 Corinthians 3:6–9 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. …
1 Corinthians 9:7–11 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? …
1 Corinthians 9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

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The husbandman γεωργὸν geōrgon γεωργός Noun · accusative masculine singular
that laboureth Τὸν Ton Article · accusative masculine singular κοπιῶντα kopiōnta κοπιάω Verb · present active participle, accusative masculine singular
must be δεῖ dei Verb · present active indicative, third person singular δεῖ deî
first πρῶτον prōton Adverb πρῶτος prōtos
partaker μεταλαμβάνειν metalambanein μεταλαμβάνω Verb · present active infinitive
of the fruits τῶν tōn Article · genitive masculine plural καρπῶν karpōn καρπός Noun · genitive masculine plural

2 Timothy 2:6 KJV