Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules. New Living Translation And athletes cannot win the prize unless they follow the rules. English Standard Version An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. Berean Standard Bible Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules. Berean Literal Bible Now also, if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he shall have competed lawfully. King James Bible And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. New King James Version And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. New American Standard Bible And if someone likewise competes as an athlete, he is not crowned as victor unless he competes according to the rules. NASB 1995 Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. NASB 1977 And also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. Legacy Standard Bible And also if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. Amplified Bible And if anyone competes as an athlete [in competitive games], he is not crowned [with the wreath of victory] unless he competes according to the rules. Christian Standard Bible Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. Holman Christian Standard Bible Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. American Standard Version And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if a man competes, he is not crowned if he does not compete by the rules. Contemporary English Version No one wins an athletic contest without obeying the rules. Douay-Rheims Bible For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not crowned, except he strive lawfully. English Revised Version And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever enters an athletic competition wins the prize only when playing by the rules. Good News Translation An athlete who runs in a race cannot win the prize unless he obeys the rules. International Standard Version Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules. Literal Standard Version and if anyone also may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully; Majority Standard Bible Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules. New American Bible Similarly, an athlete cannot receive the winner’s crown except by competing according to the rules. NET Bible Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules. New Revised Standard Version And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules. New Heart English Bible Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he has competed by the rules. Webster's Bible Translation And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully. Weymouth New Testament And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules. World English Bible Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules. Young's Literal Translation and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Grace and Perseverance…4A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him. 5Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules. 6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. 2 Timothy 4:8 From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. Treasury of Scripture And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. strive. Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain… Philippians 1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: is he. 2 Timothy 4:7,8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: … Hebrews 2:7,9 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: … James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Jump to Previous Athlete Athletic Competition Contend Contest Crown Crowned Except Games Gets Obeys Part Prize Receive Rules Similarly Strive Striveth Unless Victor's WinJump to Next Athlete Athletic Competition Contend Contest Crown Crowned Except Games Gets Obeys Part Prize Receive Rules Similarly Strive Striveth Unless Victor's Win2 Timothy 2 1. Timothy is exhorted again to constancy and perseverance.17. Of Hymenaeus and Philetus. 19. The foundation of the Lord is sure. 22. He is taught whereof to beware, and what to follow after. (5) And if a man also strive for masteries.--More accurately translated, again, if a man strive in the games. Another picture is drawn, and the picture is, as before, a well-known one to all the dwellers in the great cities of the empire. An athlete is chosen to represent the professed servant of Christ, one of those who, after long and careful training, contends in the public games, then so popular, so entirely a part of the life of every city--in the games of wrestling or running, or in the chariot-racing, or in the hand-to-hand contests. Again, this one--as in the case of the soldier--if he aspired to victory and success, must "endure hardness." Except he strive lawfully.--"Lawfully"--i.e. according to the prescribed conditions of the contest. He must, of course, submit himself to the strict rules of the theatre where the games are held, and (for this is also included in the "lawfully") must besides--if he hopes for a prize--go through all the long and severe training and discipline necessary before engaging in such a contest. Galen uses the same phrase, in the sense of complying with the recognised rules of training as regarding diet. Verse 5. - Also a man for a man also, A.V.; contend in the games for strive for masteries, A.V.; he is not for yet is he not, A.V.; have contended for strive, A.V. Contend in the games (ἀθλῇ); only here in the New Testament, and not found in the LXX., but common in classical Greek. It means "to contend for ἄθλον the prize, to be an "athlete." This is also the meaning of the A.V. "strive for masteries." "To strive," means properly to contend with an antagonist, and "mastery" is an old English word for "superiority," "victory," or the like. Dryden has "mastership" in the same sense -"When noble youths for mastership should strive, Greek Likewise,δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. a τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. contender ἀθλῇ (athlē) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 118: To engage, compete, in an (athletic) contest. From athlos; to contend in the competitive games. does not receive the crown στεφανοῦται (stephanoutai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4737: To crown, adorn, decorate. From stephanos; to adorn with an honorary wreath. unless ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. he competes ἀθλήσῃ (athlēsē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 118: To engage, compete, in an (athletic) contest. From athlos; to contend in the competitive games. according to the rules. νομίμως (nomimōs) Adverb Strong's 3545: Lawfully, rightfully. Adverb from a derivative of nomos; legitimately. 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