the First Week of Lent
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
2 John 1:8
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Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.
Looke to your selues, that wee lose not those things which wee haue wrought, but that we receiue a full reward.
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.
Be careful yourselves that you do not lose everything you have worked for, but that you receive your full reward.
And be very careful around them so you don't lose out on what we've worked so diligently in together; I want you to get every reward you have coming to you. Anyone who gets so progressive in his thinking that he walks out on the teaching of Christ, walks out on God. But whoever stays with the teaching, stays faithful to both the Father and the Son.
Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, that you may be fully rewarded.
So be sure not to lose what we have worked for. If you do, you won't be given your full reward.
Watch yourselves, so that you won't lose what you have worked for, but will receive your full reward.
See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.
Be careful! Don't lose the reward we have worked for. Be careful so that you will receive all of that reward.
Looke to your selues, that we lose not the things which we haue done, but that we may receiue full reward.
Look to yourselves, that you lose not those things which you have accomplished, but that you receive a full reward.
Be on your guard, then, so that you will not lose what we have worked for, but will receive your reward in full.
Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.
Watch yourselves, that we may not lose the things we worked out, but that we may receive a full reward.
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have accomplished together, but that you may receive a full and perfect reward [when He grants rewards to faithful believers].
Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
See to it that you don't destroy what we haveyou have">[fn] worked for, but that you receive your full reward.Mark 13:9; Galatians 3:4; Hebrews 10:32,35;">[xr]
Be watchful of yourselves, that not any thing perish which you have wrought; but (that with) a complete reward you may be recompensed.
Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not what ye have wrought; but that ye may be recompensed with a full reward.
Loke on your selues, that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we may haue a full rewarde.
Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
This is the seducer and the antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not the things we have wrought, but receive a full reward.
Keep guard over yourselves, so that you may not lose the results of your good deeds, but may receive back a full reward.
Se ye you silf, lest ye lesen the thingis that ye han wrouyt, that ye resseyue ful mede;
Look to yourselves, that you don't lose the things which we have worked for, but that you receive a full reward.
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.
Look to yourselves, that we [fn] do not lose those things we worked for, but that we [fn] may receive a full reward.
Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.
Watch yourselves! You do not want to lose what we have worked for. You want to get what has been promised to you.
Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought: but that you may receive a full reward.
Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
Loke on youre selves that we loose not that we have wrought: but that we maye have a full rewarde.
See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;
Take hede to youre selues, that we lose not that which we haue wrought, but that we maye receaue a full rewarde.
be upon your guard, that we may not lose the fruit of our labours, but that we may receive our full reward.
Watch your backs so that you don't get bushwhacked by silly notions and foolish opinions. Don't lose what you've ridden so hard to get.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Look: Matthew 24:4, Matthew 24:24, Matthew 24:25, Mark 13:5, Mark 13:6, Mark 13:9, Mark 13:23, Luke 21:8, Hebrews 12:15, Revelation 3:11
that we lose: Galatians 3:4, Galatians 4:11, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:16, Philippians 3:16, Hebrews 10:32, Hebrews 10:35, Revelation 3:11
wrought: or, gained, "Some copies read, which ye have gained, but that ye receive, etc."
that we receive: Daniel 12:3, John 4:36, 1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 3:14, 1 Corinthians 15:8
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:44 - utterly unclean Numbers 6:12 - but the Numbers 24:11 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 15:7 - your work Psalms 19:11 - keeping Proverbs 13:13 - rewarded Ecclesiastes 4:9 - a good Ecclesiastes 5:6 - destroy Ezekiel 18:24 - All his Matthew 6:1 - otherwise Matthew 10:41 - a righteous man's Luke 14:30 - General Luke 17:3 - heed Luke 19:19 - Be Luke 19:26 - and from 1 Corinthians 3:15 - he shall Colossians 2:6 - received Colossians 2:8 - spoil Colossians 4:10 - receive 1 Timothy 4:16 - Take 1 Timothy 6:5 - men
Cross-References
and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening - and it was morning, one day.
And God called, the dry-ground, land, but the gathering together of the waters, called he seas. And God saw that it was good.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a third day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a fourth day.
So it was evening - and it was morning, a fifth day.
And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was evening - and it was morning, the sixth day.
Male and female, created he them, - and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Look to yourselves,.... This is an exhortation to the elect lady, and her children, to look about them, and take care of themselves, and beware of these deceivers, and their doctrines:
that we lose not those things which we have wrought; or as the Alexandrian copy, and many other copies, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read, "that ye lose not those things which ye have wrought"; in embracing the Gospel, making a profession of it, walking in it, showing a zeal, and contending for it, expressing a love both by words and actions to the ministers of it, and suffering much reproach on the account of it; all which would be lost, and in vain, should they at last drop the Gospel, and embrace the errors of the wicked; see Galatians 3:4. Moreover, such who do not go such lengths, as to let go the head, Christ, but retain him as the foundation, and the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, yet, among many precious things, may lay much rubbish on this foundation; and therefore should take heed what they build upon it, since, though they themselves may be saved, their works may be destroyed, and so they suffer loss; see 1 Corinthians 3:11; and if we read the words, "that we lose not--which we have wrought"; the sense is the same, it being only a figure which rhetoricians call communion, and it is frequently used when a common duty is exhorted to; see 1 John 2:28; unless it should be thought that this has a peculiar reference to the ministers of the Gospel, as it may: for though the Gospel preached by them can never be lost, being the everlasting Gospel, and the word which abides for ever; yet it may be received in vain, and persons may fall from it, and imbibe error, and so the labour of Christ's faithful ministers may be so far in vain, and lost; and likewise, many souls whom they have thought they have gained to Christ, and that they have been instruments of working upon them for good, and have hoped they would be their joy and crown of rejoicing another day; when such are carried away by deceivers, fall off from the truth, ministers of the word lose what they thought they had wrought, which must give them great concern; and this is improved by the apostle into a reason and argument why the persons he wrote to should beware of seducers and their errors:
but that we receive a full reward; in heaven, and which itself is called the recompense of reward, and the reward of the inheritance; not that this is a reward of debt due to the works of men, which are not rewardable in themselves; for they are such as are due to God before they are performed; and when they are done, they are not profitable to him, nothing is given to him, or received by him; when all is done that can be done, men are unprofitable servants; but this is a reward of grace, God has of his own grace promised it to those who love and serve him; and because it will be given them of his grace, after their work is over, as wages are given to a servant when he has done his work, it goes by this name: and whereas it is said to be a "full" one, the meaning is not as if it was different to different persons, for there is but one recompense of reward, or reward of the inheritance common to all the saints; or, as if it might be incomplete in some; it only signifies a large and exceeding great reward; see Genesis 15:1; in which last place the same phrase is used as here; and where the Septuagint interpreters use the same words as here; and which is thus paraphrased by the Targumist,
"the Lord give thee a good recompence in this world for thy good work, and let thy reward be ש××××, "full", or "perfect", in the world to come.''
And the Jews g often speak of a full reward, and an equal one, to be received hereafter. Perhaps regard is here had particularly to the ministers of the Gospel, who have their reward in part here, for the workman is worthy of his reward, and they will have it in full hereafter. Moreover, the apostle might here be concerned, that he, and every faithful minister, might have their full number, they expected, that none may be missing, and which he may call a full reward: though the above copies and versions read here, as before, "ye", and "not we".
g Targum on Eccl. i. 3. & ii. 11. & Midrash Kohelet, fol. 72. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Look to yourselves - This seems to be addressed to the lady to whom he wrote, and to her children. The idea is, that they should be particularly on their guard, and that their first care should be to secure their own hearts, so that they should not be exposed to the dangerous attacks of error. When error abounds in the world, our first duty is not to attack it and make war upon it; it is to look to the citadel of our own souls, and see that all is well guarded there. When an enemy invades a land, the first thing will not be to go out against him, regardless of our own strength, or of the security of our own fortresses, but it will be to see that our forts are well manned, and that we are secure there from his assaults. If that is so, we may then go forth with confidence to meet him on the open field. In relation to an error that is in the world, the first thing for a Christian to do is to take care of his own heart.
That we lose not those things which we have wrought - Margin: âOr, gained.â Some copies read: âwhich ye have gained, but that ye.â The reading here referred to in the margin is found in several manuscripts and also in the Vulgate, the Syriac, and the Aethiopic versions. It is not, however, adopted in the late critical editions of the New Testament, and the common reading is probably genuine. The sense is not materially varied, and the common reading is not unnatural. John was exhorting the family to whom this Epistle was written to take good heed to themselves while so many artful errorists were around them, lest they should be drawn away from the truth, and lose a part of the full reward which they might hope to receive in heaven. In doing this, nothing was more natural than that he, as a Christian friend, should group himself with them, and speak of himself as having the same need of caution, and express the feeling that he ought to strive also to obtain the full reward, thus showing that he was not disposed to address an exhortation to them which he was not willing to regard as applicable to himself.
The truth which is taught here is one of interest to all Christians - that it is possible for even genuine Christians, by suffering themselves to be led into error, or by failure in duty, to lose a part of the reward which they might have obtained. The crown which they will wear in heaven will be less bright than that which they might have worn, and the throne which they will occupy will be less elevated. The rewards of heaven will be in accordance with the services rendered to the Redeemer; and it would not be right that they who turn aside, or falter in their course, should have the same exalted honours which they might have received if they had devoted themselves to God with ever-increasing fidelity. It is painful to think how many there are who begin the Christian career with burnings zeal, as if they would strike for the highest rewards in heaven, but who soon waver in their course, and fall into some paralyzing error, until at last they receive, perhaps, not half the reward which they might have obtained.
But that we receive a full reward - Such as will be granted to a life uniformly consistent and faithful; all that God has to bestow on his people when most faithful and true. But who can estimate the âfull rewardâ of heaven, the unspeakable glory of those who make it the grand business of their lives to obtain all they can of its bliss. And who is there that does not feel that he ought to strive for a crown in which not one gem shall be missing that might have sparkled there forever?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 John 1:8. Look to yourselves — Be on your guard against these seducers; watch, pray, love God and each other, and walk in newness of life.
That we lose not those things which we have wrought — That we apostles, who have been the means of your conversion, may not be deprived of you as our crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Instead of the first person plural, αÏολεÏÏμεν, &c., WE lose, &c., many MSS., versions, and fathers, read the whole clause in the second person plural, αÏολεÏηÏε, YE lose, &c. Take heed to yourselves that YE lose not the things which YE have wrought, but that YE receive a full reward. This reading is more consistent and likely, and is supported by at least as good evidence as the other. We find that if these persons did not keep on their guard they might lose their salvation, and the apostles their rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus. Even this intimation might put them on their guard. Had the apostle said ye cannot finally fall, what a different effect would it have produced! Griesbach has placed these readings in the margin as being very probable.
