36 The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life,(A) so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’(B) 38 I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from[a] their labor.”

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  1. 4:38 Lit you have entered into

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. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(C) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

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