2 Timothy

2 Timothy 2:4

⁴A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A soldier	στρατευόμενος	strateuomenos	Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4754 I wage war, fight
refrains from	οὐδεὶς	oudeis	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3762 no one, none, nothing
entangling himself	ἐμπλέκεται	empleketai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1707 I enfold, entangle
in	ταῖς	tais	Article - Dative Feminine Plural	G3588 the
affairs	πραγματείαις	pragmateiais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G4230 a business, an occupation
in order	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
to please	ἀρέσῃ	aresē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G700 I please, serve
the	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
enlisted him	στρατολογήσαντι	stratologēsanti	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular	G4758 I enlist troops

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