Revelation 3:10
8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
9 Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
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.
11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
- WEB
- Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- ASV
- Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
- DARBY
- Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
- BLB
- Because you kept the word of My endurance, I also will keep you out of the hour of the testing being about to come upon the whole world, to test those dwelling upon the earth.
- ÅB
- Fordi du har tatt vare på mitt ord om tålmodighet, vil jeg og fri deg ut fra den prøvelsens stund som skal komme over hele jorderike, for å prøve dem som bor på jorden.
- OTB
- Fordi du har holdt fast på mitt bud om å holde ut, vil jeg også bevare deg fra prøvelsens time som skal komme over hele verden for å prøve dem som bor på jorden.
- B1930
- Fordi du har tatt vare på mitt ord om tålmodighet, vil jeg og fri dig ut fra den prøvelsens stund som skal komme over hele jorderike, for å prøve dem som bor på jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Peter 2:9
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Read in contextRevelation 14:12
Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Read in contextZechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Read in contextDaniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
Read in contextRevelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Read in context1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Read in contextMatthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
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