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.

No soldier on service entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of `this' life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.