2 John 1:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Watch yourselves, so that we do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. 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. |
So you must watch out! Behold, I have told you everything in advance.
“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.
He said, “See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Do not go after them.
He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me as well.
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Nevertheless, let us live up to the same standard that we have already attained; let us adopt the same mindset.
But remember the earlier days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle in the face of suffering.
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, which would result in many becoming defiled.
I am coming quickly. Hold fast to what yoʋ have so that no one will take yoʋr crown.