of the Christian worker to be supported by the believing community. At the same time the apostle points out that he has refrained from exercising his rights so that he may offer the gospel “free of charge” (9:18). In 2 Tim 2:3–4 the same imagery occurs in an exhortation to single-hearted devotion: “Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier [ὡς καλὸς στρατιώτης] of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier [στρατευόμενος] gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his