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Read the verse from the second letter of John in different English translations. The verse warns the believers to watch out for false teachers and to receive a full reward for their work.
What does 2 John 1:8 mean? The warning against false teachers was to "watch yourselves." When believers encounter a false teacher, in this case one who denies Christ's humanity, they are not to be concerned with the false teacher's life or arguments. Instead, a Christian is to guard against those false teachings in their own lives.
1 The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth —and not I only, but also all who know the truth — 2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
John warns the chosen lady and her children to watch out for deceivers who deny the deity and humanity of Christ. He urges them to love one another and receive a full reward for their faith.
Read the verse 2 John 1:8 from the King James Version of the Bible. It says to look to ourselves that we do not lose the things we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward.
2 John 1:8. Look to yourselves This is an exhortation to the elect lady, and her children, to look about them, and take care of themselves, and beware of these deceivers, and their doctrines: that we lose not those things which we have wrought;
Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
