2 John 1:8

Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

Look to yourselves ... The plural here denies this as a letter to a single individual; it is clearly a congregation of people that John had in view, some of Whom were "walking in truth," others of whom were deceivers.

That ye lose not the things which we wrought ... Smith paraphrased the meaning thus: "See that you do not forfeit the reward of your labor; get a full wage. Be not like the workmen who toward the close of the day, do their work badly and get less than a full day's pay."[15] It should be remembered by all Christians that in the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, the payment of the workers came at the close of the day, "when the evening was come." All should remember that fidelity to the end of life is enjoined.