Ephesians 6:8
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8 knowing that whatever good we do, we will receive the same again from the Lord, whether we are enslaved or free.
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Colossians 3:24
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24 since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.(A)
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Colossians 3:11
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11 In that renewal[a] there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, enslaved and free, but Christ is all and in all!(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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10 For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive due recompense for actions done in the body, whether good or evil.(A)
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Luke 14:14
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14 And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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Matthew 16:27
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27 “For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done.(A)
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Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.(A)
Hebrews 10:35
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35 Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward.
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Matthew 6:4
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4 so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a](A)
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- 6.4 Other ancient authorities add openly
Proverbs 23:18
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18 Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Hebrews 11:26
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26 He considered abuse suffered for the Christ[a] to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.
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- 11.26 Or the Messiah
Galatians 3:28
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28 There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Romans 2:6-10
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6 He will repay according to each one’s deeds:(A) 7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life, 8 while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.(B) 9 There will be affliction and distress for everyone who does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek,(C) 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, both the Jew first and the Greek.
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Luke 6:35
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35 Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return.[a] Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.(A)
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- 6.35 Other ancient authorities read despairing of no one
Matthew 10:41-42
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41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous, 42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”(A)
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Matthew 6:1
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Concerning Almsgiving
6 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.(A)
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Matthew 5:12
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12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.(A)
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Isaiah 3:11
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11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.(A)
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