2 Timothy 2:5

5 And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.

2 Timothy 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 2:5

And if a man also strive for masteries
In the Olympic games, by running, wrestling, leaping

yet is he not crowned;
with a corruptible, fading crown, a crown made of herbs and leaves of trees, as parsley, laurel

except he strive lawfully;
according to the laws and rules fixed for those exercises; so no man that calls himself a Christian, minister, or any other, can expect the crown of life, the prize of the high calling of God, except he runs the race set before him, in the right way; looking to Christ, the mark, pressing through all difficulties, towards the prize, and holds on and out unto the end.

2 Timothy 2:5 In-Context

3 Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudier of Iesu Christ.

4 No man that warreth entanglith him silfe with worldely busynes and that be cause he wolde please him that hath chosen him to be a soudier.

5 And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.

6 The husbandma that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes.

7 Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges.