Revelation 3:19

Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore, and do penance.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

In Context

18I counsel thee to buy of me gold fire tried, that thou mayest be made rich; and mayest be clothed in white garments, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

20Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock. If any man shall hear my voice, and open to me the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5That thou mayst consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up.

Job 5:17Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:

Psalms 39:11Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:

Psalms 94:10He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?

Proverbs 15:10Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die.

Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 3:15-22

The Church in Laodicea. ( a. d. 95.) 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and… Read the whole commentary →

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