Hebrews 11:26

11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ ¹  to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on ²  the reward.

Psalms 19:11

19:11 Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; ³ 

those who obey them receive a rich reward. ⁴ 

Matthew 5:12

5:12 Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

Matthew 10:32

10:32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges ⁵  me before people, I will acknowledge ⁶  before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:42

10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, ⁷  he will never lose his reward.”

Luke 14:14

14:14 Then ⁸  you will be blessed, ⁹  because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid ¹⁰  at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Luke 14:1

Healing Again on the Sabbath

14:1 Now ¹¹  one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine ¹²  at the house of a leader ¹³  of the Pharisees, ¹⁴  they were watching ¹⁵  him closely.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁶  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Galatians 6:8-10

6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ¹⁷  will reap corruption ¹⁸  from the flesh, ¹⁹  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 6:9 So we must not grow weary ²⁰  in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. ²¹  6:10 So then, ²²  whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith. ²³ 

¹ tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”

² tn Grk “he was looking away to.”

³ tn Heb “moreover your servant is warned by them.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the keeping of them [there is] a great reward.”

⁵ tn Or “confesses.”

⁶ tn Grk “I will acknowledge him also.”

⁷ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate that this follows from the preceding action. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁹ sn You will be blessed. God notes and approves of such generosity.

¹⁰ sn The passive verb will be repaid looks at God’s commendation.

¹¹ tn Grk “Now it happened that one.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

¹² tn Grk “to eat bread,” an idiom for participating in a meal.

¹³ tn Grk “a ruler of the Pharisees.” He was probably a synagogue official.

¹⁴ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

¹⁵ sn Watching…closely is a graphic term meaning to lurk and watch; see Luke 11:53-54.

¹⁶ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹⁷ tn BDAG 915 s.v. σάρξ 2.c.α states: “In Paul’s thought esp., all parts of the body constitute a totality known as σ. or flesh, which is dominated by sin to such a degree that wherever flesh is, all forms of sin are likew. present, and no good thing can live in the σάρξ…Gal 5:13, 24;…Opp. τὸ πνεῦμα…Gal 3:3; 5:16, 17ab; 6:8ab.”

¹⁸ tn Or “destruction.”

¹⁹ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.

²⁰ tn Or “not become discouraged,” “not lose heart” (L&N 25.288).

²¹ tn Or “if we do not become extremely weary,” “if we do not give out,” “if we do not faint from exhaustion” (L&N 23.79).

²² tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.

²³ tn Grk “to those who are members of the family of [the] faith.”