2 John 1:8

2 John 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
• New International Version (NIV)Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

Context of 2 John 1:8

6This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love. 7Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward. 9Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and do not greet him;

2 John 1:8 word by word

βλέπετε ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσητε ἃ εἰργασάμεθα, ἀλλὰ μισθὸν πλήρη ἀπολάβητε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lookβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• to yourselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• we loseἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• notμήmē · notG3361
• those things whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we have wroughtἐργάζομαιergazomai · to workG2038
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• we receiveἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618
• aμισθόςmisthos · wageG3408
• fullπλήρηςplērēs · fullG4134

Cross-references for 2 John 1:8

• Matthew 24:4Jesus replied to them, “Watch out that no one deceives you.
• Mark 13:5Jesus told them, “Watch out that no one deceives you.
• Luke 21:8Then he said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.
• Hebrews 12:15Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.
• Revelation 3:11I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.
• Galatians 3:4Did you experience so much for nothing — if in fact it was for nothing?
• Galatians 4:11I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.
• Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,
• Philippians 3:16In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained.
• Hebrews 10:32Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
• Daniel 12:3Those who have insight will shine like the bright expanse of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
• John 4:36The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.
• 1 Corinthians 3:8Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
• 1 Corinthians 15:8Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he also appeared to me.

Commentaries on 2 John 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Look to yourselves - Be on your guard against these seducers; watch, pray, love God and each other, and walk in newness of life. That we lose not those things which we have wrought - That we apostles, who have been the means of your conversion, may not be deprived of you as our crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus. Instead of the first person plural, , etc., We lose, etc., many MSS., versions, and fathers, read the whole clause in the second…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Look to yourselves - This seems to be addressed to the lady to whom he wrote, and to her children. The idea is, that they should be particularly on their guard, and that their first care should be to secure their own hearts, so that they should not be exposed to the dangerous attacks of error. When error abounds in the world, our first duty is not to attack it and make war upon it; it is to look to the citadel of our own souls, and see that all is well…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 The deceiver and his deceit are described: he brings some error concerning the person or office of the Lord Jesus. Such a one is a deceiver and an antichrist; he deludes souls, and undermines the glory and kingdom of the Lord Christ. Let us not think it strange, that there are deceivers and opposers of the Lord Christ's name and dignity now, for there were such, even in the apostles' times. The more deceivers and deceits abound, the more…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8we: This word refers to the apostles and their co-workers. The apostles taught the truth and defended it against false teachings. Believers, referred to as you, are warned to guard their faith against teachings that could lead them away from God (1:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Look to yourselves--amidst the widespread prevalence of deception so many being led astray. So Christ's warning, Mt 24:4, 5, 24. we lose not ... we receive--The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "That YE lose not, but that YE receive." which we have wrought--So one oldest manuscript reads. Other very old manuscripts, versions, and Fathers, read, "which YE have wrought." The we being seemingly the more difficult reading is less likely to have been a…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 John 1:8

• Decision
• Doctrines
• Minister, Christian
• Obedience
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

• Look
• confess, confession

Commentaries on 2 John 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings