2 Timothy 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”

2 Timothy 2:4 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Timothy 2:411 words

οὐδεὶςoudeisno one

στρατευόμενοςstrateuomenossoldier, (go to) war(-fare)

ἐμπλέκεταιempleketai

ταῖςtaisthe

τοῦtouthe

βίουbiougood, life, living

πραγματείαιςpragmateiaisaffair

ἵναhinaso that / in order that

τῷtōthe

στρατολογήσαντιstratologēsantichoose to be a soldier

ἀρέσῃaresēplease

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

οὐδεὶςoudeisno one

στρατευόμενοςstrateuomenossoldier, (go to) war(-fare)

ἐμπλέκεταιempleketai

ταῖςtaisthe

τοῦtouthe

βίουbiougood, life, living

πραγματείαιςpragmateiaisaffair

ἵναhinaso that / in order that

τῷtōthe

στρατολογήσαντιstratologēsantichoose to be a soldier

ἀρέσῃaresēplease

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