Isa 49:4, Act 16:6, 1Cor 15:58, Gal 2:2, 5:2-4, Phili 2:16, 1Th 3:5, 2Jo 8 | ESV | STEP | But I said , I have labored in vain ; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity ; yet surely my right is with the Lord , and my recompense with my God .

Isaiah 49:4

4 ^aBut I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
and my recompense with my God.”

Acts 16:6

The Macedonian Call

6 And ^bthey went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

1 Corinthians 15:58

58 ^cTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^dthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^eyour labor is not in vain.

Galatians 2:2

2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those ^fwho seemed influential) the gospel that ^gI proclaim among the Gentiles, ^hin order to make sure I was not running or had not ⁱrun in vain.

Galatians 5:2-4

2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that ^jif you accept circumcision, ^kChrist will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that ^lhe is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are ^msevered from Christ, ⁿyou who would be justified ^{▼▼Or counted righteous} by the law; ^pyou have fallen away from grace.

Philippians 2:16

16 holding fast to ^qthe word of life, so that in ^rthe day of Christ ^sI may be proud that ^tI did not run in vain or labor in vain.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

5 For this reason, ^uwhen I could bear it no longer, ^vI sent to learn about your faith, ^wfor fear that somehow ^xthe tempter had tempted you and ^your labor would be in vain.

2 John 8

8 Watch yourselves, ^zso that you may not lose what we ^{▼▼Some manuscripts you} have worked for, but ^abmay win a full reward.