Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
2 John 1:8 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
“As for yourselves, beware; for they will hand you over to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them.
And he said, “Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not go after them.
The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
If what has been built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward.
The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each.
Did you experience so much for nothing?—if it really was for nothing.
But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,
Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward.
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and through it many become defiled.
I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.