2 Timothy 2:4
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2:4No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please6 the one who recruited him.
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- 6 Grk “that he may please.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.
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KJV 1900King James Version
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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