2 Timothy 2:5
King James Version (KJV)
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
World English Bible (WEB)
Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
2 Timothy 2:5 Cross References
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
