2 John 1:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βλέπετε ἑαυτούς, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσωμεν ἃ εἰργασάμεθα, ἀλλὰ μισθὸν πλήρη ἀπολάβωμεν.

Transliteration

Blepete heautous, that not we might apolesōmen what we eirgasametha, but misthon plērē we might apolabōmen.

Grammar Details

*Blepete*: present, active, imperative, 2nd person plural - watch/look at
*heautous*: accusative, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - yourselves
*apolesōmen*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person plural - might lose/destroy
*eirgasametha*: aorist, middle, indicative, 1st person plural - worked for/accomplished
*misthon*: accusative, masculine, singular - reward/wage
*plērē*: accusative, masculine, singular - full/complete
*apolabōmen*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person plural - might receive/obtain

Word Meanings

*Blepete*: watch/look at/pay attention to
*heautous*: yourselves/your own selves
*apolesōmen*: might lose/destroy/ruin
*eirgasametha*: worked for/accomplished/achieved
*misthon*: reward/wage/payment
*plērē*: full/complete/filled
*apolabōmen*: might receive/obtain/recover

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 10:35 : 35 Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.
Rev 3:11 : 11 {G2400} I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled;
Gal 3:4 : 4 Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.
Mark 13:9 : 9 But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and {G2476} before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 13:23 : 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and, The time is at hand: {G3767} go ye not after them.
John 4:36 : 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Matt 24:4 : 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
Matt 24:24-25 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
Mark 13:5-6 : 5 And Jesus began to say unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. 6 Many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and shall lead many astray.
Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
Phil 2:15-16 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world, 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
Phil 3:16 : 16 only, {G3739} whereunto we have attained, by that same [rule] let us {G5426} walk.
Heb 10:32 : 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Cor 15:8 : 8 and last of all, as to the [child] untimely born, he appeared to me also.

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