Revelation 13:10

Patience Faithfulness and loyalty Suffering

⁸ And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

⁹ He who has an ear, let him hear:

“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

¹¹ Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

¹² And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
KJV: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
WEB: If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
ASV: If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
DARBY: If any one [leads] into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with [the] sword, he must with [the] sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
BLB: “If anyone [is] into captivity, into captivity he goes; If anyone [is] to be killed with the sword, with the sword it is necessary for him to be killed.” Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

ÅB: Om noen fører i fangenskap, han skal i fangenskap; om noen dreper med sverd, han skal drepes med sverd. Her er de helliges tålmodighet og tro.
OTB: "Om noen er bestemt for fangenskap,
til fangenskap skal de gå;
om noen dreper med sverdet,
med sverdet må de drepes."
Dette krever de helliges utholdenhet og tro.
B1930: Om nogen fører i fangenskap, han skal i fangenskap; om nogen dreper med sverd, han skal drepes med sverd. Her er de helliges tålmodighet og tro.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 15:2
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
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Isaiah 33:1
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
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Revelation 14:12
Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
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Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
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Luke 21:19
By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
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Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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James 5:7–8
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
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Revelation 2:2
I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
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