Verse 4

No man that warreth, entangleth hym selfe with thaffayres of this lyfe, that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 8:14 : 14 And that which fell among thornes, are they, which whe they haue hearde, go foorth, and are choked with cares & ryches, and voluptuous lyuyng, & bring foorth no fruite.
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, hauing loued this present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For yf they, after they haue escaped from the fylthynesse of the worlde, thorowe the knowledge of the Lord, & the sauiour Iesus Christe, are yet tangled agayne therein, and ouercome, then is the later end worse with them then the begynnyng.
• 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.
• Luke 9:59-62 : 59 And he sayde vnto another, folowe me. And the same sayde: Lorde, suffer me first to go and burie my father. 60 Iesus sayde vnto hym, Let the dead burie their dead: but go thou & preache the kyngdome of God. 61 And another sayde: Lorde I wyll folowe thee, but let me first go byd them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 Iesus sayde vnto hym: No man that putteth his hande to the plowe, and loketh backe, is apt to the kyngdome of God.
• 1 Cor 7:22-23 : 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt. 23 Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men.
• 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Wherfore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym.
• 1 Cor 9:25-26 : 25 Euery man that proueth maisteries, abstayneth from all thynges, and they do it to obtayne a crowne that shall perishe: but we to obtayne an euerlasting crowne. 26 I therfore so run, not as at an vncertayne thing: So fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction. 10 For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes. 11 But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hand on eternall lyfe, wherevnto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.