A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
Cross References
Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
Treasury of Scripture
No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
that warreth.
Deuteronomy 20:5-7
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it…
Luke 9:59-62
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father…
entangleth.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Luke 8:14
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
1 Corinthians 9:25,26
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible…
that he.
1 Corinthians 7:22,23
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant…
2 Corinthians 5:9
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
