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3:9. 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 to know that I have loved thee.

                Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie–:

                Behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you:


Isaiah 49:23; 60:9, 14;

James 2:7.


 

3:10. 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.

                Because you have kept my word of patient endurance:

Heb. 6:12; 10:36.

                I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world:

2 Peter 2:9.

                To try those who dwell upon the earth/[land]:

Revelation 5:10; 6:10; 11:10; 13:8; 14:6; 17:8.

 

3:11. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

                I am coming soon; Hold fast what you have:

John 21:22.

                So that no one may seize your crown:


Lam. 5:16;

Ezek. 16:12;

Revelation 2:10.


 

3:12. 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, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.

                He who conquers: I will make him a pillar in the Temple of my God:  (WS ‘Pillar’)


1 Kings 7:15-22;

Ezek. 40:49;

Gal. 2:9.


 

‘Temple


2 Sam. 7:12-13;

1 Chron. 17:10-12;

Jer. 7:3-30; chapter 26; 50:7;              

Amos 9:11-12; (=Acts 15:16-17;)

Hab. 2:20;             

Zech. 6:12-15; 14:11;

Matt. 26:61; 27:40;

Mark 14:58;

John 2:18-21;

1 Cor. 3:16-17; 6:19;

Eph. 2:19-22.

Revelation 7:15; 11:1, 19; 14:15; 15:5, 8; 16:1, 17; 21:22.


                Never shall he go out of it:


Psalms 15:1; 61:4; 91:1;

Isaiah 57:15; 32:18;

John 15:4-7; 6:56;

1 John 3:24; 4:16;

Revelation 21:3.


                And I will write on him the name of my God,


Num. 6:22-7;

Ezek. 9:4;

Revelation 7:1-3; 14:1; 22:4.


 

Name of God’


Exod. 3:13, 15; 6:3; 15:3; 20:7; 23:21; 34:14;

Lev. 20:3;

Deut. 5:11; 6:13; 28:58;

1 Sam. 12:22;

2 Sam. 6:2; 7:26; 22:50;

1 Kings 8:33;

2 Kings 21:4, 7;

1 Chron. 16:8, 29;

2 Chron. 7:14;

Ezra 5:1;

Neh. 9:5;

Psalm 8:1, 9; 9:2; 18:49; 20:1, 5; 23:3; 29:2; 34:3; 44:20; 61:8; 66:2,4; 68:4; 69:30, 36; 72:17, 19; 83:18; 91:14; 92:1; 96:2, 8; 100:4; 105:1; 106:8; 11:9; 113:3; 115:1; 135:3, 13; 148:13; 149:3;

Prov. 18:10;

Song of Sol. 1:3;

Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 12:4; 14:22; 43:1; 44:5; 47:4; 48:2, 9, 11; 51:15; 52:5-6; 54:5; 55:13; 57:15; 62:2; 63:12, 14, 16; 65:1, 15;

Jer. 10:16; 14:9; 15:16; 23:6, 27; 27:15; 31:35; 32:18; 46:18; 48:15; 50:34; 51:19, 57;

Amos 4:13; 5:8; 9:6, 12;

Daniel 9:19;

Zech. 14:9;

Mal. 4:2;


 


Matt. 1:23, 25; 6:9; 7:22; 12:21; 18:20; 24:5; 28:19;

Mark 9: 38-39; 13:6; 16:17;

Luke 1:31; 2:21; 9:49; 10:17; 21:8;

John 1:12; 3:18; 5:43; 10:25; 12:28; 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26; 17:6, 11-12, 26; 20:31;

Acts 2:38; 3:16; 4:12, 30; 5:28, 40; 8:12; 9:14-16; 10:43; 15:14, 26; 19:5; 26:9;

1 Cor. 6:11;

Eph. 1:21;

Phil. 2:9-10;

Colossians 3:17;

2 Tim. 2:19;

Heb. 1:4;

James 2:7;

1 Peter 4:14;

1 John 2:12; 3:1, 23;

3 John 7;

Revelation 2:3, 13; 3:8; 11:18; 13:6; 14:1; 15:4; 16:9; 19:12, 16; 22:4.


                And the name of the city of my God:

[“Its name is—” or “is called—“]


Isaiah 1:26; 60:14, 18; 62:4, 12;

Jer. 3:17; 11:16;

Ezek. 48:35;

Daniel 9:18;

Zech. 8:3;


[As the “place where God chooses to place His Name]:


Exod. 20:24

Deut. 12:5, 11, 21; 14:23, 24; 15:20; 16:2, 6, 11, 15, 16; 17:8, 10; 18:6; 26:2;

2 Sam. 7:13;

1 Kings 5:5; 8:16, 18-19, 29, 43-48; 9:3; 11:13; 14:21; 11:36; 23:27;

1 Chron. 22:6-10; 28:3;

2 Chron. 6:5-9, 20, 24, 33, 34, 40; 7:13-16, 20; 12:13; 20:8-9; 33:4, 7;

Ezra 6:12;

Neh. 1:9;

Psalm 74:7, 10;

Jer. chapter 7; 25:29; 32:34; 34:15;

1 Cor. 1:2 .


                The New Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven:


Psalms 122; 137:5-6; 147:12;

Isaiah 31:5, 9; 33:20; 37:31-32; 40:2, 9; 44:28; 52:2, 9; 62:1,7;

Joel 3:20;

Micah 4:1-5;

Zech. 1:17; 2:12; 8:3; 14:11;

Mal. 3:4;

Acts 15:16;

Gal. 4:25-26;

Heb. 11:16;

Revelation 2:7 (Paradise of God); 21:2, 10; 22:2, 14;

Heaven: Revelation 4:1-2; 6:14; 8:10, 13; 9:1; 10:4-6, 8; 11:6, 12; 12:1, 3-4, 7-8; 13:6, 13; 14:2, 6, 13, 17; 15:1, 5;  21; 18:4-5, 20; 19:4, 17; 20:9, 11; 21:1, 10.


                And my own new name:

Isaiah 43:1; 45:4; 62:2; 65:15; 66:22;                                     Revelation 2:17; 19:12, 13, 16.

 

3:13. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

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

 

3:14. 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;

                And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:        The words of the Amen:     The faithful and true witness:

3:16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

                So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.

Lev. 18:28; 20:22.

 

3:17. 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:

                For you say: I am rich, I have prospered and I need nothing:


Hosea 12:8;

Zech. 11:5;

1 Cor. 4:8;

James 5:2-7.


                Not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked:


Gen. 3:7-11, 21;

Lev. 18:6-19;

Deut. 28:47-48;

Isaiah 6:9-10; 43:8; 47:1-3; 56:10; 59:10;

Lamentation 1:8; 4:14;

Ezek. 16:8, 36-37;

Hosea 2:3;

Nahum 3:5;

Zeph. 1:17;

Matt. 23:16-17, 26;

John 9:39-41; 12:40;

Rom. 11:7, 25;

2 Cor. 3:14; 4:4; 5:1-3;

Eph. 4:18;

2 Peter 1:9;

1 John 2:11-12;

Jude 12;

Revelation 16:15; 17:16.


 

3:18. 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 [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

                Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may be rich:

Isaiah 55:1.

                And white garments to clothe you: And to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, And eye salve to anoint your eyes that you may see:

Matt. 13:44;                                                                             Revelation 7:13-17.           

 

3:19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

                Those whom I love I reprove and chasten:


Prov. 3:11-12;

Isaiah 1:25;

Heb. 12:6-11.


                So be zealous and repent:

 

3:20:  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.

                Behold, I stand at the door and knock:


Matt. 24:33;

Luke 12:36.


                If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me:

John 14:18, 23.

 

3:21. 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.

                He who conquers:

Revelation 5:5.

                I will grant him to sit with me on my throne as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne:


Matt. 19:28;

Luke 22:30;

Revelation 4:2; 5:5; 12:5.


 

3:22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

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

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