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Revelation 3:3

'Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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 thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

In Context

2become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 20:43And ye have remembered there your ways, And all your doings, In which ye have been defiled, And ye have been loathsome in your own faces, For all your evils that ye have done.

Matthew 24:42'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

Mark 13:33Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

Luke 12:39'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

1 Thessalonians 5:4and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

2 Timothy 1:13The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus;

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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