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Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for but may receive a full reward.(A)

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  1. 8 Other ancient authorities read you

Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(A)

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  1. 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts you

35 Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward.

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35 So do not throw away your confidence;(A) it will be richly rewarded.

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14 If the work that someone has built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a wage.

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14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(A)

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11 I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one takes away your crown.

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11 I am coming soon.(A) Hold on to what you have,(B) so that no one will take your crown.(C)

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The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.(A)

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The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(A)

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Persecution Foretold

“As for yourselves, beware, for they will hand you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them.(A)

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“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.(A) On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)

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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(A) and that no bitter root(B) grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

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Did you experience so much for nothing?—if it really was for nothing.(A)

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Have you experienced[a] so much in vain—if it really was in vain?

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  1. Galatians 3:4 Or suffered

36 The reaper is already receiving[a] wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.(A)

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  1. 4.36 Or . . . the fields are already ripe for harvesting. The reaper is receiving

36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(A) a crop for eternal life,(B) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

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15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,(A) 16 holding forth the word of life so that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.(B)

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15 so that you may become blameless(A) and pure, “children of God(B) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a](C) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ(D) that I did not run(E) or labor in vain.(F)

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  1. Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5

32 But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,(A)

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32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(A) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(B)

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And he said, “Beware that you are not led astray, for many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’[a] and, ‘The time is near!’[b] Do not go after them.(A)

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  1. 21.8 Gk I am
  2. 21.8 Or at hand

He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.(A)

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24 For false messiahs[a] and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.(A) 25 Take note, I have told you beforehand.

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  1. 24.24 Or christs

24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders(A) to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

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