2 Timothy 2:4

2 Timothy 2:4 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

4No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

4No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

4A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

4No man that warreth, entangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life, because he woulde please him that hath chosen him to be a souldier.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

4No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

4A soldier does not take part in things that don’t have anything to do with the army. Instead, he tries to please his commanding officer.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

4Any soldier who fights in a war does not become busy with other things. He only wants to fight well to make his captain happy.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

4no one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who enlisted him;

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