2 Timothy 2:4 Douay-Rheims

No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.

Cyprian

c. A.D. 200–258 Patristic

For it is written: "No man that warreth for God entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please Him to whom he has pledged himself.".
And again: "No man that warreth for God binds himself to anxieties of this world, that he may be able to please Him to whom he hath approved himself. Moreover, also, if a man should contend, he will not be crowned unless he have fought lawfully.".
Concerning this same thing to Timothy: "No man that warreth for God bindeth himself with worldly annoyances, that he may please Him to whom he hath approved himself. But and if a man should contend, he will not be crowned unless he fight lawfully."

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A.D. 258 · on 2Tim 2:4 (Epistle LXV)

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