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Revelation 3:19

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

KJV

ἐγὼ ὅσους ἐὰν φιλῶ ἐλέγχω καὶ παιδεύω· ζήλευε οὖν καὶ μετανόησον.

Greek NT

Ego quos amo, arguo, et castigo. Æmulare ergo, et pœnitentiam age.

Vulgate

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

ASV

Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

ζηλόω
zeloo
verb · 12×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μετανοέω
metanoeo
verb · 34×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
παιδεύω
paideuo
verb · 13×
φιλέω
phileo
verb · 25×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐλέγχω
elegcho
verb · 19×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ζήλευε | WH/Treg/NIV: ζήλευε | RP: ζήλωσον
  • ζήλευεSBLGNT
  • ζήλευεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ζήλωσονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

The aged lady came to me while I was asleep, and said, "The Lord is not so much angry at you on account of your sins, as on account of your house, which has committed iniquity against the Lord and against you, their parents. But you love your children too much, and have not warned them. Warn them therefore and correct them."

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
  • 1Cor 11:30 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
  • 1Cor 11:32 — But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
  • 1Cor 11:32 — But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
  • 1Cor 16:24 — My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
  • 1Tim 1:20 — Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
  • 2Chr 16:12 — And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
  • 2Cor 6:9 — As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
  • 2Cor 7:8 — For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
  • 2Cor 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement des
  • 2Cor 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement des
  • 2Sam 7:14 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
  • 2Sam 7:14 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
  • 2Sam 12:14 — Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
  • 2Sam 24:12 — Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
  • 2Tim 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
  • Deut 8:5 — Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
  • Deut 8:5 — Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
  • Eccl 7:5 — It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
  • Gal 4:18 — But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
  • Gal 4:18 — But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
  • Gen 14:12 — And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
  • Gen 29:25 — And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
  • Hag 1:9 — Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own hou
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Heb 12:6 — For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
  • Hos 7:15 — Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
  • Isa 26:16 — LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
  • Isa 37:3 — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
  • Isa 48:10 — Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
  • Jas 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  • Jas 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  • Jer 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
  • Jer 7:28 — But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
  • Jer 10:24 — O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
  • Jer 30:11 — For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and
  • Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
  • Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
  • Jer 46:28 — Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct the