Revelation 2:26
And to him that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, will I give authority over the nations;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25but what you have, hold fast till I come.
Cross References
Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 8:13Those on the rock are they that, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who, for awhile, believe, and in time of temptation apostatize.
John 6:29Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.
Romans 2:7to those who, by patient continuance in good works, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life:
Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:19-29
The Church in Thyatira. ( a. d. 95.) 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit… Read the whole commentary →