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Revelation 3:2

Be thou watchful, and stablish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine fulfilled before my God.

Revised Version 1895

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

1And to 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 thou art dead.

3Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

Job 4:4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast confirmed the feeble knees.

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 57:12I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Ezekiel 34:8As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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