2 Timothy 2:6

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Summary

2 Timothy 2:6

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

Husbandman

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

1 Corinthians 9:23

Hebrews 10:36

Bible References

Husbandman

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

Now I do all this because of the gospel, so I may become a partner in its benefits.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.