Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.
The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain?
Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.
Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
“His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’