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Revelation 3:2

Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

In Context

1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:28But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”

1 Kings 15:3And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

Job 4:4Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

Isaiah 57:12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

Ezekiel 34:8‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

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 →

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