1 Corinthians 4:5

4:5 So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will ¹  bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition ²  from God.

1 Corinthians 9:17-18

9:17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility. 9:18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:58

15:58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, ³  be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Psalms 62:12

62:12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. ⁴ 

For you repay men for what they do. ⁵ 

Daniel 12:3

12:3 But the wise will shine

like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.

And those bringing many to righteousness

will be like the stars forever and ever.

Matthew 5:11-12

5:11 “Blessed are you when people ⁶  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ⁷  on account of me. 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 10:41-42

10:41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever ⁸  receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 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, ⁹  he will never lose his reward.”

Matthew 16:27

16:27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. ¹⁰ 

Romans 2:6

2:6 He ¹¹  will reward ¹²  each one according to his works: ¹³ 

Galatians 6:7-8

6:7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. ¹⁴  For a person ¹⁵  will reap what he sows, 6:8 because the person who sows to his own flesh ¹⁶  will reap corruption ¹⁷  from the flesh, ¹⁸  but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Hebrews 6:10

6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ¹⁹  the elementary ²⁰  instructions about Christ ²¹  and move on ²²  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 5:4

5:4 And no one assumes this honor ²³  on his own initiative, ²⁴  but only when called to it by God, ²⁵  as in fact Aaron was.

Hebrews 5:2

5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

Hebrews 1:8

1:8 but of ²⁶  the Son he says, ²⁷ 

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, ²⁸ 

and a righteous scepter ²⁹  is the scepter of your kingdom.

Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ³⁰  with a deadly disease, ³¹  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ³²  each one of you ³³  what your deeds deserve. ³⁴ 

Revelation 22:12

22:12 (Look! I am coming soon,

and my reward is with me to pay ³⁵  each one according to what he has done!

[4:5]  ¹ tn Grk “time, until the Lord comes, who will bring to light.”

[4:5]  ² tn Or “praise.”

[15:58]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[62:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and to you, O Master, [is] loyal love.”

[62:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “for you pay back to a man according to his deed.” Another option is to understand vv. 11b and 12a as the first principle and v. 12b as the second. In this case one might translate, “God has declared one principle, two principles I have heard, namely, that God is strong, and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love, and that you repay men for what they do.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

[5:11]  ⁷ tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sy^s Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.

[10:41]  ⁸ tn Grk “And whoever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[10:42]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[16:27]  ¹⁰ sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.

[2:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:6]  ¹² tn Or “will render,” “will recompense.” In this context Paul is setting up a hypothetical situation, not stating that salvation is by works.

[2:6]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Ps 62:12; Prov 24:12; a close approximation to Matt 16:27.

[6:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or “is not mocked,” “will not be ridiculed” (L&N 33.409). BDAG 660 s.v. μυκτηρίζω has “of God οὐ μ. he is not to be mocked, treated w. contempt, perh. outwitted Gal 6:7.”

[6:7]  ¹⁵ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[6:8]  ¹⁶ 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.”

[6:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or “destruction.”

[6:8]  ¹⁸ tn See the note on the previous occurrence of the word “flesh” in this verse.

[6:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ²⁰ tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ²² tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[5:4]  ²³ sn Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.

[5:4]  ²⁴ tn Grk “by himself, on his own.”

[5:4]  ²⁵ tn Grk “being called by God.”

[1:8]  ²⁶ tn Or “to.”

[1:8]  ²⁷ tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.

[1:8]  ²⁸ tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.

[1:8]  ²⁹ tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.

[2:23]  ³⁰ tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

[2:23]  ³¹ tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

[2:23]  ³² tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

[2:23]  ³³ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

[2:23]  ³⁴ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”

[22:12]  ³⁵ tn The Greek term may be translated either “pay” or “pay back” and has something of a double meaning here. However, because of the mention of “wages” (“reward,” another wordplay with two meanings) in the previous clause, the translation “pay” for ἀποδοῦναι (apodounai) was used here.