Revelation 3:2
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.
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.
4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
- KJV
- Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
- WEB
- Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
- ASV
- Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.
- DARBY
- Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die, for I have not found thy works complete before my God.
- BLB
- Be watching, and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die; for I have not found your works full before My God.
- ÅB
- Bli våken, og styrk det annet, som var på vei til å dø! for jeg har ikke funnet dine gjerninger fullkomne for min Gud.
- OTB
- Vær våken og styrk det som er igjen, som er i ferd med å dø, for jeg har ikke funnet dine gjerninger fullkomne for min Gud.
- B1930
- Bli våken, og styrk det annet, som var på vei til å dø! for jeg har ikke funnet dine gjerninger fullkomne for min Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 16:15
“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:1–4
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
Read in contextIsaiah 35:3
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Read in contextMark 13:33–37
Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Read in contextActs 20:28–31
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Read in context2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
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