2 John 1:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 10:35 : 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Rev 3:11 : 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Heb 12:15 : 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;
Gal 3:4 : 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
Mark 13:9 : 9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Mark 13:23 : 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying , I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
John 4:36 : 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be 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 deceive you.
Matt 24:24-25 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before.
Mark 13:5-6 : 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 6 For many shall come in my name, saying , I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Phil 3:16 : 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Heb 10:32 : 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

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