Revelation 3:1

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

2 Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.

3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
KJV
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
WEB
“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
ASV
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.
DARBY
And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
BLB
[“] And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things says the One having the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are dead.
ÅB
Og skriv til engelen for menigheten i Sardes: Dette sier han som har de syv Guds ånder og de syv stjerner: Jeg vet om dine gjerninger, at du har navn av at du lever, og du er død.
OTB
“Skriv til engelen for menigheten i Sardes: Dette sier han som har de sju Guds ånder og de sju stjerner. Jeg vet om dine gjerninger; du har navn av å leve, men du er død.
B1930
Og skriv til engelen for menigheten i Sardes: Dette sier han som har de syv Guds ånder og de syv stjerner: Jeg vet om dine gjerninger, at du har navn av at du lever, og du er død.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 5:6

    But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

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  • James 2:26

    As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

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  • Revelation 1:4

    John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,

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  • Colossians 2:13

    When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

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  • Jude 1:12

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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  • Luke 15:24

    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

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  • Revelation 2:19

    I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.

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  • Ephesians 2:5

    made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

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