Revelation 3:7-10

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of _w the holy one, _x the true one, _y who has the key of David, _z who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

⁸ "'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you _a an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. ⁹ Behold, I will make those of _b the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie - behold, _c I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn that _d I have loved you. ¹⁰ _e Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try _f those who dwell on the earth.

1. Cross References
   Revelation 6:10
   They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?
   
2. Cross References
   Revelation 3:14
   And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
   Revelation 19:11
   Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
   1 John 5:20
   And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 22:22
   And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
   Luke 1:32
   He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 12:14
   If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
   Matthew 16:19
   I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 14:27
   And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
   1 Corinthians 16:9
   For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
   2 Corinthians 2:12
   When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord.
   Colossians 4:3
   At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison -
   
6. Cross References
   Revelation 2:9
   'I know your tribulation and your poverty ( but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 45:14
   Thus says the Lord : "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours; they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will plead with you, saying: 'Surely God is in you, and there is no other, no god besides him.'
   Isaiah 49:23
   Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
   Isaiah 60:14
   The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 43:4
   Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
   
9. Cross References
   Revelation 1:9
   I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
   2 Peter 2:9
   Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
   
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