14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. …
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; …
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-15)Here the apostle informs us what foundation he had laid at the bottom of all his labours among them— even Jesus Christ, the chief corner-stone , Eph. 2:20. Upon this foundation all the faithful ministers of Christ build. Upon this rock all the Christians found their hopes. Those that build their hopes of heaven on any other foundation build upon the sand. Other foundation can no man lay besides wh…
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