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 ⚑
he that. Re 1:4 Re 4:5 Re 5:6 Joh 1:16 Joh 1:33 Joh 3:34 Joh 7:37-39 Joh 15:26 Joh 15:27 Joh 20:22 Ac 2:33 1Pe 1:11
and the. Re 1:16 Re 1:20 Re 2:1
I know. Re 2:2 Re 2:9 Re 2:13 Re 2:19
and art. Lu 15:24 Lu 15:32 Eph 2:1 Eph 2:5 Col 2:13 1Ti 5:6 Jas 2:26 Jude 1:12
20 Christ stands at the door and knocks.
2 Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die for I have not found thy works perfect before God ⚑
watchful. Re 16:15 Isa 56:10 Isa 62:6 Isa 62:7 Eze 34:8-10 Eze 34:16 Zec 11:16 Mt 24:42-51 Mt 25:13 Mr 13:33-37 Ac 20:28-31 2Ti 4:1-4 1Pe 4:7 1Pe 5:8
strengthen. Re 2:4 De 3:28 Job 4:4-5 Job 16:5 Isa 35:3 Lu 22:31 Lu 22:32 Ac 18:23
thy works. 1Ki 11:4 1Ki 15:3 2Ch 25:2 Isa 57:12 Da 5:27 Mt 6:2-4 Mt 23:5 Mt 23:28-38
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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
Remember. Re 2:5 Eze 16:61-63 Eze 20:43 Eze 36:31 Heb 2:1 2Pe 1:13 2Pe 3:1
and hold. Re 3:11 Re 2:25 1Ti 6:20 2Ti 1:13
repent. Re 3:19 Re 2:5 Re 2:21 Re 2:22
I will. Re 16:15 Mt 24:42 Mt 24:43 Lu 12:39 Lu 12:40 1Th 5:2 1Th 5:4 1Th 5:5 1Th 5:6 2Pe 3:10
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments and they shall walk with me in white for they are worthy ⚑
even. 1Ki 19:18 Isa 1:9 Ro 11:4-6
which. Re 7:14 Re 19:8 Isa 52:1 Isa 59:6 Isa 61:3 Isa 61:10 Isa 64:6 Zec 3:3-6 Jude 1:23
walk. Re 3:5 Re 3:18 Re 4:4 Re 6:11 Re 7:9 Re 7:13 Re 19:14 Es 8:15 Ps 68:14 Ec 9:8 Zec 3:4 Mr 16:5
5 He that overcometh the same shall be clothed in white raiment and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life but I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels ⚑
blot. Ex 32:32 Ex 32:33 De 9:14 Ps 69:28 Ps 109:13
the book. Re 13:8 Re 17:8 Re 20:12 Re 20:15 Re 21:27 Re 22:19 Php 4:3
6 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches ⚑
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write These things saith he that is holy he that is true he that hath the key of David he that openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth ⚑
he that is holy. Re 4:8 Re 6:10 Ps 16:10 Ps 89:18 Ps 145:17 Isa 6:3 Isa 30:11 Isa 41:14 Isa 41:16 Isa 41:20 Isa 47:4 Isa 48:17 Isa 49:7 Isa 54:5 Isa 55:5 Mr 1:24 Lu 4:34 Ac 3:14
he that is true. Re 3:14 Re 1:5 Re 6:10 Re 15:3 Re 16:7 Re 19:2 Re 19:11 Re 21:5 Mt 24:35 Joh 14:6 1Jo 5:20
the key. Re 1:18 Isa 22:22 Lu 1:32
he that openeth. Re 5:3-5 Re 5:9 Job 11:10 Job 12:14 Mt 16:19
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 E. S. E. from Sardis, about long. 28 degrees 40', lat. 38 degrees 23'. 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.
8 I know thy works behold I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength and hast kept my word and hast not denied my name ⚑
an open. Re 3:7 1Co 16:9 2Co 2:12 Col 4:3
a little. Da 11:34 2Co 12:8-10 Php 4:13
and hast kept. Re 3:10 Re 22:7 Joh 14:21-24 Joh 15:20 Joh 17:6 2Ti 4:7
and hast not. Re 2:13 Pr 30:9 Mt 26:70-72 Lu 12:9 Ac 3:13 Ac 3:14 1Ti 5:8 1Jo 2:22 1Jo 2:23 Jude 1:4
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Behold I will make them of the synagogue of Satan which say they are Jews and are not but do lie behold I will make them to come and worship before thy feet and
the synagogue. Re 2:9
I will make them to. Ex 11:8 Ex 12:30-32 1Sa 2:36 Es 8:17 Job 42:8-10 Isa 49:23 Isa 60:14 Zec 8:20-23 Ac 16:37-39
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth ⚑
the word. Re 1:9 Re 13:10 Re 14:12
I also. Mt 6:13 Mt 26:41 1Co 10:13 Eph 6:13 2Pe 2:9
11 Behold I come quickly hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown ⚑
I come. Re 1:3 Re 22:7 Re 22:12 Re 22:20 Zep 1:14 Php 4:5 Jas 5:9
thy. Re 2:10 Re 4:4 Re 4:10 1Co 9:25 2Ti 2:5 2Ti 4:8 Jas 1:12 1Pe 5:3 1Pe 5:4
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Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God
overcometh. Re 2:7 Re 17:14 1Jo 2:13 1Jo 2:14 1Jo 4:4
pillar. 1Ki 7:21 Jer 1:18 Ga 2:9
I will. Re 2:17 Re 14:1 Re 22:4
the city. Re 21:2 Re 21:10-27 Ps 48:8 Ps 87:3 Ga 4:26 Ga 4:27 Heb 12:22
13 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches ⚑
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 ⚑
of the Laodiceans. or, in Laodicea. Col 2:1 Col 4:16
the faithful. Re 3:7 Re 1:5 Re 19:11 Re 22:6 Isa 55:4 Jer 42:5
the beginning. Col 1:15
15 I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot I would thou wert cold or hot ⚑
that. Re 2:4 Mt 24:12 Php 1:9 2Th 1:3 1Pe 1:22
I would. De 5:29 Ps 81:11-13 2Co 12:20
thou. Jos 24:15-24 1Ki 18:21 Pr 23:26 Ho 7:8 Ho 10:2 Zep 1:5 Zep 1:6 Mt 6:24 Mt 10:37 Lu 14:27 Lu 14:28 1Co 16:22 Jas 1:8
16 So then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will spue thee out of my mouth ⚑
I will spue thee out. Re 2:5 Jer 14:19 Jer 15:1-4 Zec 11:8 Zec 11:9
17 Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked ⚑
I am. Re 2:9 Pr 13:7 Ho 12:8 Zec 11:5 Lu 1:53 Lu 6:24 Lu 18:11 Lu 18:12 Ro 11:20 Ro 11:25 Ro 12:3 1Co 4:8-10
have need. De 8:12-14 Pr 30:9 Jer 2:31 Mt 9:12
knowest. Ro 2:17-23
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I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed and
counsel. Ps 16:7 Ps 32:8 Ps 73:24 Ps 107:11 Pr 1:25 Pr 1:30 Pr 19:20 Ec 8:2
buy. Pr 23:23 Isa 55:1 Mt 13:44 Mt 25:9
gold. Mal 3:3 1Co 3:12 1Co 3:13 1Pe 1:7
that thou. Re 2:9 Lu 12:21 2Co 8:9 1Ti 6:18 Jas 2:5
white. Re 3:4 Re 3:5 Re 7:13 Re 16:15 Re 19:8 2Co 5:3
the shame. Re 16:15 Isa 47:3 Jer 13:26 Da 12:2 Mic 1:11 Na 3:5
anoint. Joh 9:6-11 1Jo 2:20-27
19 As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent ⚑
many. De 8:5 2Sa 7:14 Job 5:17 Ps 6:1 Ps 39:11 Ps 94:10 Pr 3:11 Pr 3:12 Pr 15:10 Pr 15:32 Pr 22:15 Isa 26:16 Jer 2:30 Jer 7:28 Jer 10:24 Jer 30:11 Jer 31:18 Zep 3:2 1Co 11:32 2Co 6:9 Heb 12:5-11 Jas 1:12
be. Nu 25:11-13 Ps 69:9 Joh 2:17 Ro 12:11 2Co 7:11 Ga 4:18 Tit 2:14
20 Behold I stand at the door and knock if any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me ⚑
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne ⚑
him. Re 2:7 Re 12:11 1Jo 5:4 1Jo 5:5
to sit. Re 1:6 Re 2:26 Re 2:27 Mt 19:28 Lu 22:30 1Co 6:2 1Co 6:3 2Ti 2:12
even. Joh 16:33
and am. Re 5:6-8 Re 7:17 Da 7:13 Da 7:14 Mt 28:18 Joh 5:22 Joh 5:23 Eph 1:20-23 Php 2:9-21
22 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches ⚑
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