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2 John 1:8
8See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.
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
6And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it. 7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh — this is the deceiver and the antichrist. See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages. 9Whosoever goes forward and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has not God. He that abides in the doctrine, he has both the Father and the Son. 10If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into [the] house, and greet him not;
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βλέπετε ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσητε ἃ εἰργασάμεθα, ἀλλὰ μισθὸν πλήρη ἀπολάβητε.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 John 1:8
- Matthew 24:4And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you.
- Mark 13:5And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any one mislead you.
- Luke 21:8And he said, See that ye be not led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he], and the time is drawn nigh: go ye not [therefore] after them.
- Hebrews 12:15watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;
- Revelation 3:11I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
- Galatians 3:4Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?
- Galatians 4:11I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
- Philippians 2:15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in [the] world,
- Philippians 3:16But whereto we have attained, [let us] walk in the same steps.
- Hebrews 10:32But call to mind the earlier days in which, having been enlightened, ye endured much conflict of sufferings;
- Daniel 12:3And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.
- John 4:36He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
- 1 Corinthians 3:8But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
- 1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to an abortion, he appeared to me also.
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
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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
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