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2 Timothy 2

2 Tim. 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The husbandman
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
georgos (Greek #1092)
a land-worker, i.e. farmer
KJV usage: husbandman.
Pronounce: gheh-ore-gos'
Origin: from 1093 and the base of 2041
γthat laboreth
kopiao (Greek #2872)
to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard
KJV usage: (bestow) labour, toil, be wearied.
Pronounce: kop-ee-ah'-o
Origin: from a derivative of 2873
must
dei (Greek #1163)
also δέον (deh-on'); neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
KJV usage: behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.
Pronounce: die
Origin: 3d person singular active present of 1210
be
metalambano (Greek #3335)
to participate; genitive case, to accept (and use)
KJV usage: eat, have, be partaker, receive, take.
Pronounce: met-al-am-ban'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 2983
first
proton (Greek #4412)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
KJV usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Pronounce: pro'-ton
Origin: neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588)
partaker
metalambano (Greek #3335)
to participate; genitive case, to accept (and use)
KJV usage: eat, have, be partaker, receive, take.
Pronounce: met-al-am-ban'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 2983
of the fruits
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
karpos (Greek #2590)
fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: fruit.
Pronounce: kar-pos'
Origin: probably from the base of 726
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protos (Greek #4413)
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
KJV usage: before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.
Pronounce: pro'-tos
Origin: contracted superlative of 4253
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or, laboring first, must be partaker.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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husbandman.
Isa. 28:24‑26• 24Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he all day opening and breaking the clods of his land?
 25Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?
 26His God doth instruct him in his judgment, he doth teach him. (Isa. 28:24‑26)
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Matt. 9:37‑38• 37Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest is great and the workmen are few;
 38supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest. (Matt. 9:37‑38)
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Matt. 20:1• 1For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard. (Matt. 20:1)
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Matt. 21:33‑41• 33Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
 34But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
 35And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
 36Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
 37And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
 38But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
 39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
 40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?
 41They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. (Matt. 21:33‑41)
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Luke 10:2• 2And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest. (Luke 10:2)
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John 4:35‑38• 35Do not ye say, that there are yet four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, for they are already white to harvest.
 36He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
 37For in this is verified the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.
 38I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours. (John 4:35‑38)
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1 Cor. 3:6‑9• 6*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.
 7So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.
 8But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:6‑9)
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1 Cor. 9:7‑11• 7Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
 8Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
 9For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen,
 10or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of it.
 11If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if *we* shall reap your carnal things? (1 Cor. 9:7‑11)
that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
or,labouring first, must be partaker of the fruits.
1 Cor. 9:23• 23And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them. (1 Cor. 9:23)
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Heb. 10:36• 36For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. (Heb. 10:36)
• It should therefore be remembered, and thereby we should be saved from many disappointments, that now is the time of labor, and that it will be the time of labor until the Lord’s return, and hence that our only concern should be to be found diligent and faithful in our service. The time of partaking of the fruit is future. (“Exposition of 2 Timothy: 2 Timothy 2:1-7” by E. Dennett)
• He must labor first, that he may have a right to enjoy the fruit of his labor. (“2 Timothy 2” by J.N. Darby)
• The tendency of all, and especially of the Lord's servants, is to forget this salutary truth in the intense desire to gather in, and feast upon, the fruit. It should therefore be remembered, and thereby we should be saved from many disappointments, that now is the time of labor, and that it will be the time of labor until the Lord's return, and hence that our only concern should be to be found diligent and faithful in our service. The time of partaking of the fruit is future, and the knowledge of this will encourage our hearts to persevere in service, and all the more in that our enjoyment of the fruit will be in communion with the Lord. (article #86480)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The husbandman must labourf before partaking of the fruits.

JND Translation Notes

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It might be rendered, "The labouring husbandman ought to be the first to partake (as Heb. 6.7) of the fruits." But the sense is that he must work first in order to partake.

W. Kelly Translation

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The labouring husbandman must first partake of the fruits.