2 John 1:8

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Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
  • Rev 3:11 : 11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.
  • 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.
  • Gal 3:4 : 4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing?– if indeed it was for nothing.
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
  • Mark 13:23 : 23 Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 He said,“Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying,‘I am he,’ and,‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!
  • John 4:36 : 36 The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
  • Matt 24:4 : 4 Jesus answered them,“Watch out that no one misleads you.
  • Matt 24:24-25 : 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 Remember, I have told you ahead of time.
  • Mark 13:5-6 : 5 Jesus began to say to them,“Watch out that no one misleads you. 6 Many will come in my name, saying,‘I am he,’ and they will mislead many.
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world 16 by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
  • Phil 3:16 : 16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.
  • Heb 10:32 : 32 But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.
  • 1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.
  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

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