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2 Timothy 2:6

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

KJV

τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν μεταλαμβάνειν.

Greek NT

Laborantem agricolam oportet primum de fructibus percipere.

Vulgate

The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

ASV

The husbandman that laboureth must first partake of the fruits.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γεωργός
georgos
noun · 19×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
καρπός
karpos
noun · 66×
κοπιάω
kopiao
verb · 22×
μεταλαμβάνω
metalambano
verb · 7×
πρῶτον
proton
adverb · 57×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Cor 9:7 — Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
  • 1Cor 9:10 — Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
  • 1Cor 9:23 — And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
  • 1Thess 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
  • 1Tim 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
  • Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
  • Isa 28:24 — Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
  • John 4:35 — Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
  • Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
  • Luke 10:7 — And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
  • Matt 9:37 — Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
  • Matt 20:1 — For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
  • Matt 21:33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into
  • Matt 25:16 — Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
  • Prov 27:18 — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.