2Ti 2:6 | RWP | e4.org | The husbandman that laboureth ( τον κοπιωντα γεωργον ). "The toiling tiller of the soil" ( γεωργον , from γη and εργω , worker of the earth). See γεωργιον (field) in and also . First ( πρωτον ). As is natural and right. To partake ( μεταλαμβανειν ). Old word as in to share in. Paul elsewhere uses μετεχω as in .

‏ 2 Timothy 2:6

The husbandman that laboureth ( τον κοπιωντα γεωργον ). "The toiling tiller of the soil" ( γεωργον, from γη and εργω, worker of the earth). See γεωργιον (field) in 1Co 3:9 and also 1Co 9:7.

First ( πρωτον ). As is natural and right.

To partake ( μεταλαμβανειν ). Old word as in Ac 2:46 to share in. Paul elsewhere uses μετεχω as in 1Co 9:12.