Revelation 3:14
And to the agent of the congregation in Laodicea write, These things says the Truly, the faithful and TRUE witness, the primacy of the creation of God:
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In Context
13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.
15I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot. O that thou were cold or hot.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:22LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Isaiah 65:16so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth, and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. Because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
2 Corinthians 1:20For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us.
Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things.
Colossians 4:16And when the letter has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the congregation of Laodiceans, and that ye also read the one from Laodicea.
Revelation 1:11saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 3:8-14
The Church in Philadelphia. ( a. d. 95.) 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 man openeth; 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, and hast not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not,… Read the whole commentary →