2 Timothy 2:4

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ¹  the one who recruited him.

biblegateway 2Ti 2:4

No-one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer.

biblegateway 2Ti 2:4

No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

biblegateway 2Ti 2:4

And as Christ’s soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army.

biblegateway 2Ti 2:4

A soldier on duty doesn't get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders.

SABDAweb 2Ti 2:4

A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

bibleoremus 2Ti 2:4

No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier’s aim is to please the enlisting officer.

biblegateway 2Ti 2:4

No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.

biblegateway 2Ti 2:4

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ¹  the one who recruited him.

¹ tn Grk “that he may please.”