Revelation 3:8

Faithfulness and loyalty Strength and help in weakness God's faithfulness

⁶ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

⁷ To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

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.

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.

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

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
WEB: “I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.
ASV: I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.
DARBY: I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
BLB: I know your works. Behold, I have set before you a door having been opened, which no one is able to shut it, because you have little power, and you kept My word and did not deny My name.

ÅB: Jeg vet om dine gjerninger; se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør, og ingen kan lukke den til; for du har liten styrke, og har dog tatt vare på mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.
OTB: Jeg vet om dine gjerninger. Se, jeg har satt foran deg en åpnet dør som ingen kan lukke. Du har liten styrke, men du har holdt fast ved mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.
B1930: Jeg vet om dine gjerninger; se, jeg har satt foran dig en åpnet dør, og ingen kan lukke den til; for du har liten styrke, og har dog tatt vare på mitt ord og ikke fornektet mitt navn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 16:9
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
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Colossians 4:3
as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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Revelation 3:7
To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
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Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
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2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
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Acts 14:27
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
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Luke 12:9
But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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Revelation 2:13
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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