Revelation 3:8 “I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, whic…”

Revelation 3:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

American Standard Version

I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

Geneva Bible 1599

I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litle strength and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.

Darby Translation

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Young's Literal Translation

I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door — opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

Bible in Basic English

I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.

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Cross references

“I know”

Revelation 3:15 Revelation 2:2 Revelation 3:1

Revelation 3:15 · BSB

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

Revelation 2:2 · BSB

I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

Revelation 3:1 · BSB

“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.

“an open”

1 Corinthians 16:9 Colossians 4:3 Revelation 3:7 2 Corinthians 2:12

1 Corinthians 16:9 · BSB

because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

Colossians 4:3 · BSB

as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

Revelation 3:7 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 2:12 · BSB

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

“a little”

Philippians 4:13 2 Corinthians 12:8–10 Daniel 11:34

Philippians 4:13 · BSB

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

2 Corinthians 12:8–10 · BSB

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

Daniel 11:34 · BSB

Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.

“and hast kept”

John 17:6 Revelation 22:7 2 Timothy 4:7 Revelation 3:10 John 14:21–24 John 15:20

John 17:6 · BSB

I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

Revelation 22:7 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book. ”

2 Timothy 4:7 · BSB

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Revelation 3:10 · BSB

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.

John 14:21–24 · BSB

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

John 15:20 · BSB

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

“and hast not”

Luke 12:9 Revelation 2:13 1 Timothy 5:8 Matthew 26:70–72 Proverbs 30:9 Jude 1:4

Luke 12:9 · BSB

But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Revelation 2:13 · BSB

I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

1 Timothy 5:8 · BSB

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Matthew 26:70–72 · BSB

But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

Proverbs 30:9 · BSB

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jude 1:4 · BSB

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Ch…

Also

Acts 14:27

Acts 14:27 · BSB

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7To 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.

9As for 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.

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