2Ti 2:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. "No one while serving as a soldier." the affairs of (this) life —"the businesses of life" [ALFORD ]; mercantile, or other than military. him who hath chosen him —the general who at the first enlisted him as a soldier. Paul himself worked at tent-making ( ). Therefore what is prohibited here is, not all other save religious occupation, but the becoming entangled, or over-engrossed therewith.

2 Timothy 2:4

4. "No one while serving as a soldier."

the affairs of (this) life—"the businesses of life" [ALFORD]; mercantile, or other than military.

him who hath chosen him—the general who at the first enlisted him as a soldier. Paul himself worked at tent-making (Ac 18:3). Therefore what is prohibited here is, not all other save religious occupation, but the becoming entangled, or over-engrossed therewith.