2 Timothy 2:4
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
In other versions
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of `this' life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
ASV
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.
BBE
No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
DBY
No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
WEB
no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
YLT
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.
ENG
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
WBT
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
BSB
In context
2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.