Compare Translations for 2 Timothy 2:5

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Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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English Standard Version
5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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King James Version
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
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The Message Bible
5 An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere.
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New American Standard Bible
5 Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.
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New International Version
5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.
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New King James Version
5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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New Living Translation
5 And athletes cannot win the prize unless they follow the rules.
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New Revised Standard
5 And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules.
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American Standard Version
5 And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
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The Bible in Basic English
5 And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
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Common English Bible
5 Also in the same way, athletes don't win unless they follow the rules.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
5 Also in the same way, athletes don't win unless they follow the rules.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
5 Also an athlete can't win a contest unless he competes according to the rules.
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The Darby Translation
5 And if also any one contend [in the games], he is not crowned unless he contend lawfully.
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Good News Translation
5 An athlete who runs in a race cannot win the prize unless he obeys the rules.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
5 An athlete who runs in a race cannot win the prize unless he obeys the rules.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
5 Whoever enters an athletic competition wins the prize only when playing by the rules.
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Hebrew Names Version
5 If also a man competes in the games, he is not crowned, unless he has competed by the rules.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
5 And also if anyone contends in public contest, he is not crowned, except he contends legitimately.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned , except he strive lawfully.
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Lexham English Bible
5 And also if anyone competes he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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New Century Version
5 Also an athlete who takes part in a contest must obey all the rules in order to win.
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New International Reader's Version
5 In the same way, anyone who takes part in a sport doesn't receive the winner's crown unless he plays by the rules.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
5 And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
5 For he also that striveth for the mastery is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
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Revised Standard Version
5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
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SBL Greek New Testament
5 ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις, οὐ στεφανοῦται ἐὰν μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ ·
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Third Millennium Bible
5 And if also a man strive for masteries, yet he is not crowned unless he strive lawfully.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
5 And if also a man strive for masteries, yet he is not crowned unless he strive lawfully.
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Tyndale
5 And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.
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The Latin Vulgate
5 nam et qui certat in agone non coronatur nisi legitime certaverit
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5 nam et qui certat in agone non coronatur nisi legitime certaverit
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The Webster Bible
5 And if a man also striveth for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
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World English Bible
5 If also a man competes in the games, he is not crowned, unless he has competed by the rules.
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Weymouth New Testament
5 And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules.
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Wycliffe
5 For he that fighteth in a battle [For why and he that striveth in a battle], shall not be crowned, but he fight lawfully.
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Young's Literal Translation
5 and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
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