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Watchβλέπετεyourselves,ἑαυτούςso thatἵναyou do notμὴloseἀπολέσητεwhatἃwe have worked for,εἰργασάμεθαbutἀλλὰreceiveἀπολάβητεa fullπλήρηreward.μισθὸν
2 John 1:8
Study it in the app“Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.”
With the Greek beneath
2 John 1:8, word by word
- Watchβλέπετεblepete
beware
To beware of something.
Where else “blepete” appears- loseἀπολέσητεapolesēte
lose
To be left without something or someone one had.
Where else “apolesēte” appears- we have worked forεἰργασάμεθαeirgasametha
do
To accomplish something, good or bad.
Where else “eirgasametha” appears- receiveἀπολάβητεapolabēte
receive
To get one's due, or get it back.
Where else “apolabēte” appears- a fullπλήρηplērē
full
Full.
Where else “plērē” appears- rewardμισθὸνmisthon
reward
The prize God gives.
Where else “misthon” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Other editions read “what you have worked for”; many manuscripts read “so that we do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.”
The context
7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus the Messiah coming in the flesh; this is the deceiver and the antichrist.
8 · This verse (above)
9Everyone who goes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the Messiah does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.