Revelation 2:9
I know thy tribulation and thy poverty, but thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Matthew 4:10Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.
Luke 6:20And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 22:65And blaspheming, many other things they said against him.
Acts 14:22And when they had ordained to them priests in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
Romans 2:17But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Romans 5:3And not only so; but we glory also in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:9-12
The Church in Smyrna. ( a. d. 95.) 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful… Read the whole commentary →