Wednesday, December 28, 2022

FIRST partaker of FRUITS

 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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