Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those who turn many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
2 John 1:8 - Tree of Life Version Watch yourselves, so you do not lose what we have worked for but 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. |
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those who turn many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
“Watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of Me, as a witness to them.
And He said, “Watch out that you are not led astray! For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He’ and ‘The time is near!’ Do not follow them.
“The reaper receives a reward and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper may rejoice together.
If anyone’s work built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
Now he who plants and he who waters work as one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
But remember the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; and see to it that no bitter root springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.
I am coming soon—hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.