The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
Ephesians 6:8 - New Revised Standard Version knowing that whatever good we do, we will receive the same again from the Lord, whether we are slaves or free. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Knowing that for whatever good anyone does, he will receive his reward from the Lord, whether he is slave or free. American Standard Version (1901) knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Common English Bible You know that the Lord will reward every person who does what is right, whether that person is a slave or a free person. Catholic Public Domain Version For you know that whatever good each one will do, the same will he receive from the Lord, whether he is servant or free. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man shall do, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be bond, or free. |
The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.
“For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done.
They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil.
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!
since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong has been done, and there is no partiality.
Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward.
He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.