Ephesians 6:8

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“because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.”

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BSBPD

“because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 6:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
  2. Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  3. Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  4. Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
  5. Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
  6. Matthew 6:4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
  7. Matthew 10:41Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
  8. Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  9. Matthew 20:7‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
  10. Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  11. Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
  12. Romans 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
  13. 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  14. Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  15. Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
  16. Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
  17. Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
  18. Hebrews 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

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