2 Timotius 2:4

2:4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ¹  the one who recruited him.

2 Timotius 2:15

2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. ² 

¹ tn Grk “that he may please.”

² sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.”