Revelation 3:8

I know your works. Behold, I have set an open door before you, which no one is able to close. For you have little power, and you have observed my word, and you have not denied my name.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write: Thus says the Holy One, the True One, he who holds the key of David. He opens and no one closes. He closes and no one opens.

9Behold, I will take from the synagogue of Satan those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, for they are lying. Behold, I will cause them to approach and to reverence before your feet. And they shall know that I have loved you.

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Cross References

Daniel 11:34And when they have fallen, they will be supported with a little help, but many will apply to them deceitfully.

Luke 12:9But everyone who will have denied me before men, he will be denied before the Angels of God.

John 15:20Remember my saying that I told you: The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Acts 3:13The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you, indeed, handed over and denied before the face of Pilate, when he was giving judgment to release him.

1 Corinthians 16:9For a door, great and unavoidable, has opened to me, as well as many adversaries.

2 Corinthians 12:8Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.

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 →

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