2 Timothy 2:6
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The husbandman who laboreth must be the first partaker of the fruits.
The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
The hard-working farmer [who labors to produce crops] ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
[It is] the hard-working farmer [who labors to produce] who must be the first partaker of the fruits.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.
The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.
A hardworking farmer should get the first share of the crop.
The farmer who has done the hard work should be the first to receive a share of the harvest.
And farmers who work hard are the first to eat what grows in their field.
The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.
The laboring farmer must be first to receive-a-share of the fruits.
The husbandman, that laboureth, must first partake of the fruits.
The farmer who works hard deserves the first part of the harvest.
A farmer works hard to grow plants for food. So he should be the first person to receive some of that food.
The hardworking farmer should receive a share of the crops first.
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that was grown.
The husbandman must labor before he receive the fruits.
A hard-working farmer should have the first share of the crops.
The farmer who has done the hard work should have the first share of the harvest.
The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.
The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that he grew.
Furthermore, it is the hard working farmer who should have the first share of the crops.
Put up with your share of hardship as a loyal soldier in Christ’s army. Remember: 1) That no soldier on active service gets himself entangled in business, or he will not please his commanding officer. 2) A man who enters an athletic contest wins no prize unless he keeps the rules laid down. 3) Only the man who works on the land has the right to the first share of its produce. Consider these three illustrations of mine and the Lord will help you to understand all that I mean.
The husbandman, in order to receive the fruits, must first work hard.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
The farmer who works hard must be the first to receive a share of the crops.
Work hard like a farmer who gets paid well if he raises a large crop.
So, my son, throw yourself into this work for Christ. Pass on what you heard from me—the whole congregation saying Amen!—to reliable leaders who are competent to teach others. When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did. A soldier on duty doesn’t get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders. An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere. It’s the diligent farmer who gets the produce. Think it over. God will make it all plain.
The farmer who labors should be first to partake of the crops.
The hardworking farmer must be the first to receive the fruit.
A hard-working farmer should have the first share of the crops.
The hardworking farmer ought to have the first share of the crop.
The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops.
Again, the farmer who does the hard work should have the first claim on the crops.
The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that was grown.
The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.
The farmer who works hard should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.
A hard-working farmer should receive first some of what he gathers from the field.
And hardworking farmers should be the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor.
The husbandman who labours must first receive of the fruits.
It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
The farmer who does the work deserves the first share of the crops.
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).
The farmer must labor before he receives the fruits.
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
The hard-working farmer ought to receive the first share of the crops.
And the farmer who exhausts himself in the field should be the first to taste his harvest.
The farmer who labors must be the first to get a share of the crops.
A farmer works hard planting. He should be the first one to have the food that grows.
It behooveth an earth-tiller to receive first of the fruits.
the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;
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