Revelation 3

To the Church in Sardis

1 "And to the 1 angel of the church in Sardis write,
'These things says He who a has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before 2 God. 3 b "Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and c repent. d Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you e as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. 4 3 "You have f a few names 4 even in Sardis who have not g defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me h in white, for they are worthy. 5 "He who overcomes i shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not j blot out his name from the k Book of Life; but l I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 6 m "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '

To the Church in Philadelphia

7 "And to the 5 angel of the church in Philadelphia write,
'These things says n He who is holy, o He who is true, p "He who has the key of David, q He who opens and no one shuts, and r shuts and no one opens": 6

8 s "I know your works. See, I have set before you t an open door, 7 and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 "Indeed I will make u those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie - indeed v I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 "Because you have kept 8 My command to persevere, w I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon x the whole world, to test those who dwell y on the earth. 11 9 "Behold, z I am coming quickly! a Hold fast what you have, that no one may take b your crown. 12 "He who overcomes, I will make him c a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall d go out no more. e I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the f New Jerusalem, which g comes down out of heaven from My God. h And I will write on him My new name. 13 i "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '

To the Church in Laodicea

14 "And to the 10 angel of the church 11 of the Laodiceans write,
j 'These things says the Amen, k the Faithful and True Witness, l the Beginning of the creation of God:

15 m "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither 12 cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 "Because you say, n 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' - and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked - 18 "I counsel you o to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and p white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 q "As many as I love, I rebuke and r chasten. 13 Therefore be 14 zealous and repent. 20 "Behold, s I stand at the door and knock. t If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, u I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 "To him who overcomes v I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 w "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ' "

  1. Cross References
    2 Timothy 1:12
    For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
    2 Timothy 1:14
    That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
  2. Cross References
    Titus 1:14
    Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
  3. Cross References
    Titus 1:2
    In hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  4. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:2
    To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
    2 Timothy 2:1
    You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
    Titus 1:4
    To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 24:14
    But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
  6. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:5
    Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.
    1 Timothy 4:6
    If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.
  7. Cross References
    Acts 16:1
    Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek.
  8. Cross References
    1 Timothy 4:14
    Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
  9. Cross References
    John 14:27
    Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
    Romans 8:15
    For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father.
    1 John 4:18
    There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 1:8
    "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
  11. Cross References
    Mark 8:38
    "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
    Luke 9:26
    For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.
    Romans 1:16
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
    2 Timothy 1:12
    For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
    2 Timothy 1:16
    The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
  12. Cross References
    1 Timothy 2:6
    Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
  13. Cross References
    Ephesians 3:1
    For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles -
    2 Timothy 1:16
    The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
  14. Cross References
    Romans 3:20
    Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
    Ephesians 2:8
    For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
    Ephesians 2:9
    Not of works, lest anyone should boast.
  15. Cross References
    Romans 8:28
    And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
  16. Cross References
    Romans 16:25
    Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began
    Ephesians 1:4
    Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.
    Titus 1:2
    In hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  17. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:9
    Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself.
  18. Cross References
    Acts 9:15
    But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
  19. Cross References
    1 Peter 4:19
    Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
  20. Cross References
    2 Timothy 3:14
    But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
    Titus 1:9
    Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
  21. Cross References
    Romans 2:20
    An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
    Romans 6:17
    But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
  22. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:3
    If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness.
  23. Cross References
    2 Timothy 4:19
    Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
  24. Cross References
    Matthew 6:4
    That your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
    Mark 9:41
    For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
  25. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 1:10
    When He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
  26. Cross References
    Hebrews 6:10
    For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  27. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:2
    To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
  28. Cross References
    Ephesians 6:10
    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
  29. Cross References
    2 Timothy 4:5
    But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  30. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:7
    Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
    1 Timothy 1:18
    This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
  31. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:20
    For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
  32. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:25
    And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
  33. Cross References
    Proverbs 2:6
    For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  34. Cross References
    Romans 1:3
    Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh.
    Romans 1:4
    And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
  35. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:4
    And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
  36. Cross References
    Romans 2:16
    In the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
  37. Cross References
    Acts 9:16
    "For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake."
  38. Cross References
    Ephesians 3:1
    For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles -
  39. Cross References
    Acts 28:31
    Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.
    2 Timothy 4:17
    But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  40. Cross References
    Ephesians 3:13
    Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  41. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 1:6
    Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
    1 Thessalonians 5:9
    For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  42. Cross References
    Romans 6:5
    For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.
    Romans 6:8
    Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.
    1 Thessalonians 5:10
    Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
  43. Cross References
    Matthew 19:28
    So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
    Luke 22:29
    And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me.
    Romans 5:17
    For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
    Romans 8:17
    And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  44. Cross References
    Matthew 10:33
    But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
    Luke 12:9
    But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
    1 Timothy 5:8
    But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
  45. Cross References
    Numbers 23:19
    God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
    Titus 1:2
    In hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  46. Cross References
    1 Timothy 5:21
    I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
    1 Timothy 6:4
    He is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions.
    2 Timothy 2:23
    But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
    Titus 3:9
    But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.
  47. Cross References
    1 Timothy 4:13
    Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
    2 Peter 1:10
    Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble.
  48. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:20
    Of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
  49. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:12
    Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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