[和合本] 凡在军中当兵的，不将世务缠身，好叫那招他当兵的人喜悦。
[新标点] 凡在军中当兵的，不将世务缠身，好叫那招他当兵的人喜悦。
[和合修] 凡当兵的，不让世务缠身，好使那招他当兵的人喜悦。
[新译本] 当兵的人不让世务缠身，为要使那招兵的人欢喜。
[当代修] 当兵的若让其他事务缠身，就不能取悦征召他的上司。
[现代修] 一个入伍的兵士要争取长官的嘉许就不能让营外的事务缠扰他。
[吕振中] 凡当兵的、没有一个让自己在人生事务里纠缠着，好让招兵的人喜欢。
[思高本] 没有一个当兵的为叫他的元帅喜欢，而让日常的俗务缠身的。
[文理本] 夫从军者、不以世务自累、致悦乎募之者、
[GNT] A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.
[BBE] Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
[KJV] 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.
[NKJV] No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of [this] life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
[KJ21] No man who warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
[NASB] No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.
[NRSV] No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier's aim is to please the enlisting officer.
[WEB] No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
[ESV] No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
[NIV] No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.
[NIrV] Like a good soldier of Christ Jesus, share in the hard times with us.
[HCSB] To please the recruiter, no one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of everyday life.
[CSB] To please the recruiter, no one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of everyday life.
[AMP] No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him.
[NLT] Soldiers don't get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.
[YLT] no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;