John 4:36

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John 4:34–38 · Berean Standard Bible

34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

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Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Daniel 12:3

Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Romans 1:13

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 9:19

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

1 Corinthians 9:20

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Philippians 2:16

as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

1 Timothy 4:16

Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

James 5:19

My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

James 5:20

consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

1 Corinthians 3:8

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.