2 Timothy 2:6
King James Version
6 The husbandman that laboureth
must be first partaker of the fruits.
This is another verse which comprises that of being a good SOLDIER of CHRIST.
But what does "first partaker of the fruits" mean?
These Bible versions help clarify:
2 Timothy 2:6
Amplified Bible
6 The hard-working farmer [who labors to produce crops] ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
6 [It is] the hard-working farmer [who labors to produce] who must be the first partaker of the fruits.
2 Timothy 2:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
Common English Bible
6 A hardworking farmer should get the first share of the crop.
2 Timothy 2:6
Complete Jewish Bible
6 The farmer who has done the hard work should be the first to receive a share of the harvest.
2 Timothy 2:6
Contemporary English Version
6 And farmers who work hard are the first to eat what grows in their field.
2 Timothy 2:6
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
6 The laboring farmer must[a] be first to receive-a-share of the fruits.
2 Timothy 2:6
Easy-to-Read Version
6 The farmer who works hard deserves the first part of the harvest.
2 Timothy 2:6
Expanded Bible
6 The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that was grown.
2 Timothy 2:6
Good News Translation
6 The farmer who has done the hard work should have the first share of the harvest.
2 Timothy 2:6
International Children’s Bible
6 The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that he grew.
2 Timothy 2:6
J.B. Phillips New Testament
3) Only the man who works on the land has the right to the first share of its produce.
2 Timothy 2:6
The Message
Doing Your Best for God
6 It’s the diligent farmer who gets the produce.
2 Timothy 2:6
Modern English Version
6 The farmer who labors should be first to partake of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
Names of God Bible
6 A hard-working farmer should have the first share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
New Catholic Bible
6 Again, the farmer who does the hard work should first claim on the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
New Century Version
6 The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that was grown.
2 Timothy 2:6
New King James Version
6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
New Life Version
6 A hard-working farmer should receive first some of what he gathers from the field.
2 Timothy 2:6
New Matthew Bible
6 The husbandman who labours must first receive of the fruits.
2 Timothy 2:6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
6 It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6
New Testament for Everyone
6 The farmer who does the work deserves the first share of the crops.
Timotiyos II 2:6
Orthodox Jewish Bible
6 It is the hard working ikkar (farmer) who ought to have the rishonah mipri ha’adamah (the first share from the harvest of the earth).
2 Timothy 2:6
The Voice
6 And the farmer who exhausts himself in the field should be the first to taste his harvest.
2 Timothy 2:6
Worldwide English (New Testament)
6 A farmer works hard planting. He should be the first one to have the food that grows.
2 Timothy 2:6
Wycliffe Bible
6 It behooveth an earth-tiller to receive first of the fruits.
In SUMMARY, "first partaker of the fruits" means:
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