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.
John Chrysostom
You are a spiritual soldier. This kind of soldier does not sleep on an ivory bed but on the ground. He is not anointed with perfumed oils. These are the concern of those corrupt men who dally with courtesans, of those who act on the stage, of those who live carelessly. You must not smell of perfumes but of virtue.
Source details
A.D. 407 · on 2Tim 2:4 (ON LAZARUS AND THE RICH MAN 1)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.