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

Goeth not the husbandman ever in due season earnestly to his land? He moweth and ploweth his ground to sow.

Then said he to his disciples, "The harvest is great, but the laborers are few:

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a householder which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

"Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country:

And he said unto them, "The harvest is great: but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, to send forth laborers 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 regions: For they are white already unto harvest.

I have planted. Apollos watered. But God gave increase.

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own cost? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit? Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk?

That laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits

And this I do for the Gospel's sake, that I might have my part thereof.

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