2 John 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

2 John 1:8 —

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Cross-References

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Hebrews 10:35
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
1 Corinthians 3:14
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Corinthians 3:8
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-9)

In this principal part of the epistle we find, I. The ill news communicated to the lady-seducers are abroad: For many deceivers have entered into the world. This report is introduced by a particle that bespeaks a reason of the report. “You have need to maintain your love, for there are destroyers of it in the world. Those who subvert the faith destroy the love; the common faith is one ground of th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. Look to yourselves--amidst the widespread prevalence of deception so many being led astray. So Christ’s warning, Mt 24:4, 5, 24. we lose not ... we receive--The oldest manuscripts and versions read, “That YE lose not, but that YE receive.” which we have wrought--So one oldest manuscript reads. Other very old manuscripts, versions, and Fathers, read, “which YE have wrought.” The we being seeming…