2 Timothy 2:6

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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

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.