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Revelation 3:10
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 3:10. _THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE_] The doctrine which has exposed you to so much trouble and persecution, and required so much patience and magnanimity to bear up under its attendant tr...
BECAUSE THOU HAST KEPT THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE - My word commanding or enjoining patience; that is, thou hast manifested the patience which I require. They had shown this in the trials which they had...
CHAPTER 3 Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea _ 1. Sardis: The reformation period (Revelation 3:1)_ 2. Philadelphia: The faithful remnant (Revelation 3:7) 3. Laodicea: The indifferent and apostate Churc...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia was about 30 miles SE. of Sardis. Like Sardis it was subject to frequent earthquakes, and consequently never attained any great size. The conditi...
REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22. THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter the...
_PHILADELPHIA_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM SARDIS AND WAS THE SECOND CITY IN IMPORTANCE IN THE PROVINCE OF LYDIA. IT IS FIRST MENTIONED IN REVELATION, AND THE PRAISES BESTOWED UPON THE CHURCH SHOW T...
THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
And to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia, write: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no man will shut, and shuts and no man opens. I k...
TEMPTATION. trial. Greek. _peirasmos._ Only occurrence in Rev. SHALL. is about to. WORLD. App-129. TRY. test. Greek. _peirazo._ Here, and Revelation 2:2; Revelation 2:10. EARTH. App-129. Compare...
_Because … I also_ It would be possible, but hardly in accordance with the usage of this book, to connect this with what goes before, "that I have loved thee, because thou hast kept …, and I will keep...
THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA...
ὍΤΙ ἘΤΉΡΗΣΑΣ … ΚἈΓΏ. It would be possible, but hardly in accordance with the usage of this book, to connect this with what goes before, “that I have loved thee, because thou hast kept …, and I will ke...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA REVELATION 3:7-13:_ Philadelphia means brotherly love. The purpose of the city of Philadelphia was to spread the Greek language and the Greek way of life. This wa...
ΈΤΉΡΗΣΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΗΡΈΩ (G5083) хранить, ΎΠΟΜΟΝΉ (G5281) пребывание под, терпение и выносливость. Это умение сносить трудности не просто самоотверженно, но с надеждой (NTW, 60; TDNT; NIDNT...
DISCOURSE: 2499 EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA Revelation 3:8. 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, a...
MAKE THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN;— See ch. Revelation 2:9. Here we have the Jews mentioned again, who, through hatred to Christ, moved the Heathens to persecute the Christians; and it is likely tha...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 9 Text Revelation 3:7-13 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that o...
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. PATIENCE. 'The word of...
THE PROPHETIC SECTION 10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3; Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
3:10 patience, (i-9) _ Hupomone_ ;, 'endurance.' see ch. 1.9 and Note f, James 5:7 ....
THE WORD, etc.] i.e. the message which sets forth 'patience,' i.e. steadfast endurance, as part of Christ's life and of the life of His people. TEMPTATION] RV 'trial': a general persecution is foretol...
TO THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA Christ speaks as He by whom alone comes entrance into the Church, the spiritual house of God (Revelation 3:7). The Church is praised for its faithfulness in persecution....
THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (CONCLUDED) 1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its life is witho...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 TO THE *CHURCH IN SARDIS - REVELATION 3:1-6 V1 ‘Write to the *angel of the *church in Sardis. I hold the 7 spirits of God and the...
BECAUSE THOU HAST KEPT (better, _didst keep_) THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE. — The one who keeps God’s word is kept. Such is “the _benigna talio_ of the kingdom of God,” as Archbishop Trench calls it. The p...
The message to Philadelphia....
The position of μου shows that it belongs not to τὸν λόγον τῆς ὑπομονῆς as a whole, but to ὑπομονῆς (2 Thessalonians 3:5). The precise sense therefore is not “my word about patience” (_i.e._, my couns...
LET NO ONE TAKE THY CROWN Revelation 3:7 For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in His Name. Once He open...
The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is lar...
TO THE ENDURING CHURCH Verse 7 Twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis was the town of Philadelphia. It was located in a very fertile but dangerously volcanic area. The city was founded by Attalus II w...
Because thou hast (g) 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. (g) Because you have...
To the Angel of the church of Philadelphia. There were several towns of this name; here is understood that which was near Sardis, in Lydia. Here is no more than an admonition to persevere, to hold tha...
(7) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
The Church in Philadelphia I. INTRODUCTION A. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this all will know that...
There is no threat of removing the candlestick: that was settled. Judgment, setting aside the assembly, was fixed. But this body would be treated as the world, not ecclesiastically as a corrupt assemb...
BECAUSE THOU HAST KEPT THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE,.... The Gospel; so called because it gives an account of the patience of Christ, in the midst of all his outward meanness and humiliation; and because i...
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. Ver. 10. _The word of my...
_Behold, I_ Who have all power, and when I exert it they must then comply; _will make them_ Who are indeed _of the synagogue of Satan_ And under all the solemn guise of religious worship are carrying...
THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION; a season of fiery trial, apparently in the shape of severe persecution....
THE ASSEMBLY AT SARDIS (vv. 1-6) The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character, for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a revulsion from it. Sardis mean...
PHILADELPHIA (VERSES 7-13) The City Philadelphia was founded in 140 BC by the king of Pergamos. The name, Philadelphia, means “brotherly love.” It was a center of Greek culture, learning, and langua...
7-13 The same Lord Jesus has the key of government and authority in and over the church. He opens a door of opportunity to his churches; he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door...
BECAUSE THOU HAST KEPT THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE: the doctrine of the gospel is, unquestionably, the word here called the word of the Lord's patience, because it was that word, that doctrine, which (as...
Tertullian Scorpiace the very faithful martyr, who was slain where Satan dwelleth. Also to the angel of the church in Philadelphia[85]...
Revelation 3:10 Because G3754 kept G5083 (G5656) My G3450 command G3056 persevere G5281 also G2504 keep G5083
‘Because you kept my word of patient endurance I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come upon the whole world, to try those who dwell on earth. I come quickly. Hold fast what you ha...
Revelation 3:10. BECAUSE THOU DIDST KEEP THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE. The reference is neither to any precepts of Christ concerning patience, nor to any accounts given us of the patience of Christ Himself...
PATIENCE (υπομενης). "Endurance" as in Revelation 13:10; Revelation 14:12 as also in 2 Thessalonians 3:5.THOU DIDST KEEP (ετηρησας)--I ALSO WILL KEEP (καγω τηρησω). Aor...
WORLD (Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth"). (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 2:1). _...
CONTENTS: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy. Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world....
_Epistle the fifth._ Revelation 3:1. _Sardis,_ once a flourishing city, the residence of ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians. This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, wh...
BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT. They lived their faith (_compare_ James 2:14-26). They continued to proclaim the gospel. I WILL ALSO KEEP YOU SAFE. A promise of Divine protection. Note that it goes hand in han...
_Philadelphia._ PHILADELPHIA--THE PATIENT CHURCH Philadelphia furnishes us with the exemplar of the patient church; the exercise and training of patience is its peculiar call, and the perfection of p...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:7 _Philadelphia_ is praised for enduring in faith. In recognition for the aid after an earthquake in A.D. 17, the city was briefly renamed Neocaesarea (“Caesar’s New Ci...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:10 HOUR OF TRIAL. This trial is COMING ON THE WHOLE WORLD. It will happen before the day of judgment. Revelation envisions a brief future period of intense persecution...
6. PHILADELPHIA. Vs. 7-13. Here is a church on which Christ bestows unmixed praise. She had "little strength"; few in numbers and poor in resources. The vicissitudes of the city, because of earthquake...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 3:7. PHILADELPHIA.—Situated at the foot of Mount Tmolus, and named after Attalus Philadelphus, King of Pergamos. It was a centre of the wine trade. HOLY AND...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 3:1 _The epistle to the Church at Sardis. _This Church is one of the two which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no blame; Sardis and Laodicea receive no...
6. PHILADELPHIA: THE CHURCH OF BROTHERLY LOVE Background: Philadelphia was the youngest city of the seven mentioned in the letters. The city was established in 189 BC and was named after two brothers...
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation) write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God (Revelation 3:1), And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in...
1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Peter 2:9; Daniel 12:10;...
The word of my patience [τ ο ν λ ο γ ο ν τ η ς υ π ο μ ο ν η ς μ ο υ] Not the words which Christ has spoken concerning patience, but the word of Christ which requires patience to keep it; the gospel w...
THE CHURCHES AT SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, AND LAODICEA Revelation 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven...
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience — The word of Christ is indeed a word of patience. I also will keep thee — O happy exemption from that spreading calamity! From the hour of temptation —...
Still our blessed Saviour proceeds with promises and encouragements to this church, BECAUSE THOU HAST KEPT THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE. Here note, That the doctrine of the gospel is called the word of Ch...