2 Timothy 2:4Bible in Basic English
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
Related Verses
Genesis 2:16
And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.
Genesis 5:3
Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
Genesis 12:7
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.