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.
2 John 1:8 - New International Version (Anglicised) Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Look to yourselves (take care) that you may not lose (throw away or destroy) all that we and you have labored for, but that you may [persevere until you] win and receive back a perfect reward [in full]. American Standard Version (1901) Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. Common English Bible Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we’ve worked for but instead receive a full reward. Catholic Public Domain Version Be cautious for yourselves, lest you lose what you have accomplished, and so that, instead, you may receive a full reward. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought: but that you may receive a full reward. |
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labour.
Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.
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.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no-one will take your crown.