1 Corinthians 3
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and
every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
reward from the Greek
3408 misthos mis-thos'
1) dues paid for work
a) wages, hire
2) reward: used of the fruit naturally resulting from toils and endeavours
a) in both senses, rewards and punishments
b) of the rewards which God bestows, or will bestow, upon good deeds and endeavours
c) of punishments
Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count Total: 29 AV -
reward 24, hire 3,
wages 2; 29
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall
reward every man according to his
works.
reward from the Greek
591 apodidomi ap-od-eed'-o-mee
1) to deliver, to give away for one's own profit what is one's own, to sell
2) to pay off, discharge what is due
a) a debt, wages, tribute, taxes, produce due
b) things promised under oath
c) conjugal duty
d) to render account
3) to give back, restore
4) to requite, recompense in a good or a bad sense
Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count Total: 48 AV - pay 9, give 9, render 9, reward 7, sell 3, yield 2, misc 9; 48
Colossians 2:18 Let no man
beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
reward from the Greek
2603 katabrabeuo kat-ab-rab-yoo'-o
1) to decide as umpire against someone
2) to defraud or beguile of the prize of victory
3) metaph. to deprive of salvation
Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count Total: 1 AV -
beguile of (one's) reward 1; 1
Colossians 2:18 CLEARLY warns people about losing their REWARD/SALVATION.
OOOOPS so much for OSAS!
Eternal life is a gift not a reward. It is free and not dependent on ones works.
JM