2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, so that we do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

Text-Critical English 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

7For many deceivers have come into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

9Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:24For false christs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

Mark 13:9“You must watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues. For my sake you will even be set before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

Luke 19:19The king said to him, ‘Yoʋ are to be over five cities.’

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

1 Corinthians 3:14If the work that anyone has built remains, he will 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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