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

1 Corinthians 9:7

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

1 Corinthians 9:23

Hebrews 10:36

Bible References

Husbandman

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few;

For the Realm of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard;

Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-vat inside it, and built a watchtower: then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

He said to them, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest.

You have a saying, have you not, 'Four months yet, then harvest'? Look round, I tell you; see, the fields are white for harvesting!

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow.

Does a soldier provide his own supplies? Does a man plant a vineyard without eating its produce? Does a shepherd get no drink from the milk of the flock?

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

And I do it all for the sake of the gospel, to secure my own share in it.

Steady patience is what you need, so that after doing the will of God you may get what you have been promised.