2 John 1:8

John urges them to watch themselves so they do not lose what has been accomplished but receive a full reward. Believers must remain vigilant against error so as not to forfeit the fruit of faithful labor.

Cross-references · 19

• Heb 10:35Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
• Rev 3:11I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
• 1 Cor 3:14If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
• 1 Cor 3:8Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
• Heb 12:15looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
• Gal 3:4Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
• Mark 13:9But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
• John 4:36He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
• Matt 24:24–25For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
• Phil 2:15–16that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
• Luke 21:8He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
• Gal 4:11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
• Phil 3:16Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.
• Mark 13:23But you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
• Matt 24:4Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.
• Heb 10:32But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
• Dan 12:3Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
• Mark 13:5–6Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.
• 1 Cor 15:8and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

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