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2 John 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


2 John 1:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 John 1:811 words
GreekMeaning
βλέπετεblepete
do watchverbG991
ἑαυτούςheautous
yourselvespronounG1438
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ἀπολέσητεapolesēte
destroy / perishverbG622
ha
what thingsrelative pronounG3739
εἰργασάμεθαeirgasametha
commit, do, labor forverbG2038
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
μισθὸνmisthon
a rewardnounG3408
πλήρηplērē
fulladjectiveG4134
ἀπολάβητεapolabēte
receive, takeverbG618
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 John 1:8

These are they against whom the Lord has cautioned us beforehand; and His disciple, in his Epistle already mentioned, commands us to avoid them, when he says: For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Take heed to them, that you lose not what you have wrought. And again does he say in the Epistle: Many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know the Spirit of God:…

Irenaeus · 2nd century · Against Heresies, Book III, Chapter 16
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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