Ephesians 6:8

knowing as a certainty of the Gospel. For the Christian's prospect of "reward," cp. Matthew 5:12; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 6:4; Matthew 16:27; Luke 6:35; Luke 14:14; Romans 2:6-10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Hebrews 10:35; Revelation 22:12; &c. The essence of the truth is that the obedience of love is infallibly welcomed and remembered by Him to whom it is rendered. "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21; Matthew 25:23), is His certain ultimate response to every true act of the will given up to His will. This prospect, taken along with the conditions to it, has nothing that is not deeply harmonious with our justification for Christ's Merit only, embraced by faith only. It is the recognition of love by Love, of grace by the Giver. From another point of view it is the outcome of a process of growth and result (Galatians 6:7-9).

the Lord Christ. Cp. among many passages Matthew 25:34-36; 2 Corinthians 5:9-10. In view of the context, the point would be still clearer if the Gr. were rendered the Master.