2 John 1:8

Look to yourselves, lest we should lose those things for which we worked, but that we should receive a full reward.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

In Context

7Because many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

9Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ, this one has both the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:24For false christs and false prophets will be raised up, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Mark 13:9“But take heed to yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

Luke 19:19Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’

John 4:36And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

1 Corinthians 3:14If anyone's work which he has built remains, he shall receive a reward.

Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:8-10

Deceivers Condemned. ( a. d. 90.) 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. In this principal part of the epistle we find, I. The ill news… Read the whole commentary →

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