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This verse occurs at Christ’s second coming just before the first resurrection. Nobody has yet received any reward. It’s also interesting that John differentiates between saints, prophets and servants. He also differentiates between these and others who fear his name, great and small. Calvinistic belief would say that each one of these are descriptions of the same people I take it. But that doesn’t seem evident from the verse.

yep they are all the elect..just as each of my children are called by different names and have different jobs and rolls..

Doug every man does just as he wills...and he will have to stand before God for his actions...Every man will understand that no one was sent to hell that did not choose to be there
Rom 2:6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

And there will be additional rewards for the saints..scripture speaks of crowns that we will throw at His feet..
Rev 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Now we do not know or understand exactly what those "rewards " will be.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

doug..remember that the letters were addressed to the elect (the church)..they are doctrinal in nature 2Jo 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.