And if a man also competes as an athlete, yet is he not crowned, unless he strives lawfully.
All Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:5 Go To 2 Timothy 2
John Chrysostom
AD 407
In a word, it is absolutely necessary for one who hopes to please God and to be acceptable and pure, not to pursue a relaxed and slippery and dissolute life, but a laborious life, groaning with much toil and sweat. For no one is crowned, Paul says, “unless he competes according to the rules.”
