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.