Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 3

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Revelation 3 . 1 , The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved; Revelation 3 . 3 , exhorted to repent , and threatened if he do not repent; Revelation 3 . 8 , The angel of the church of Philadelphia , Revelation 3 . 10. is approved for his diligence and patience; Revelation 3 . 15 , the angel of Laodicea rebuked for being neither hot nor cold , Revelation 3 . 19. and admonished to be more zealous; Revelation 3 . 20 , Christ stands at the door and knocks.

Revelation 3:1

“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.

Revelation 3:1 · BSB

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Revelation 3:2

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

Revelation 3:2 · BSB

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Revelation 3:3

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

Revelation 3:3 · BSB

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Revelation 3:4

But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.

Revelation 3:4 · BSB

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Revelation 3:5

Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

Revelation 3:5 · BSB

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Revelation 3:6

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:6 · BSB

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Revelation 3:7

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

Revelation 3:7 · BSB

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Philadelphia Philadelphia , so called for its founder , Attalus Philadelphus , still exists in the town called Allahshehr , "the city of God ," "a column in a scene of ruins." It is situated on the slopes of three or four hills , the roots of mount Tmolus , by the river Cogamus , twenty seven miles ese from Sardis , about long. 28 degrees 40 minutes , lat. 38 degrees 23 minutes. The number of houses is said to be about 3 ,000 , of which 250 are Greek , the rest Turkish; and the Christians have twenty-five places of worship , five of them large and regular churches , a resident bishop , and twenty inferior clergy.

Revelation 3:8

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

Revelation 3:8 · BSB

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Revelation 3:9

Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

Revelation 3:9 · BSB

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Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Revelation 3:10 · BSB

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Revelation 3:11

I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

Revelation 3:11 · BSB

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Revelation 3:12

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

Revelation 3:12 · BSB

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Revelation 3:13

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:13 · BSB

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Revelation 3:14

To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

Revelation 3:14 · BSB

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Revelation 3:15

I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

Revelation 3:15 · BSB

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Revelation 3:16

So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

Revelation 3:16 · BSB

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Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Revelation 3:17 · BSB

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Revelation 3:18

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

Revelation 3:18 · BSB

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Revelation 3:19

Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

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Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 3:20 · BSB

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Revelation 3:21

To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Revelation 3:21 · BSB

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Revelation 3:22

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 3:22 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web27 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Revelation 3:7 → Isaiah 22:22
Allusions Revelation 3:12 → Ezekiel 48:35, Revelation 3:12 → Isaiah 56:3-5, Revelation 3:12 → Isaiah 62:2, Revelation 3:14 → Isaiah 43:10-12, Revelation 3:14 → Isaiah 65:16, Revelation 3:4-5 → Exodus 32:32-33, Revelation 3:4-5 → Psalm 69:28, Revelation 3:7 → Isaiah 45:1, Revelation 3:9 → Isaiah 43:4, Revelation 3:9 → Isaiah 45:14, Revelation 3:9 → Isaiah 49:23, Revelation 3:9 → Isaiah 60:14
Trajectories
Book of Life (God's Record of the Elect), Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength), Breastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart), Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ), Covenant Meals (Fellowship with God), Eliakim (Key of David), Jacob (Transformed Supplanter), Marriage (Christ and His Bride), Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character), New Creation (Cosmic Redemption), New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), The Beginning (Christ as the Archē of Creation)
Chiasms
Shaped Revelation 3:1–22
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