Revelation 3:2
Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.
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Deuteronomy 3:28But give my orders to Joshua, comforting him and making him strong; for he is to go over Jordan at the head of this people, and he will give them this land which you will see for their heritage.
1 Kings 15:3And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
Job 4:4He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.
Isaiah 35:3Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Isaiah 57:12I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.
Ezekiel 34:8By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
Matthew Henry on Revelation 3:2-7
The Church in Sardis. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and… Read the whole commentary →