Revelation 3:2
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
KJV
γίνου γρηγορῶν, καὶ στήρισον τὰ λοιπὰ ἃ ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν, οὐ γὰρ εὕρηκά σου τὰ ἔργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου·
Greek NT
Esto vigilans, et confirma cetera, quæ moritura erant. Non enim invenio opera tua plena coram Deo meo.
Vulgate
Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.
ASV
Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. For I find not thy works full before my God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν — SBLGNT
- ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔμελλες ἀποβάλλειν — Robinson-Pierpont
- τὰ — SBLGNT
- τὰ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:31 — For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
- 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
- 1Kgs 11:4 — For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1Kgs 15:3 — And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
- 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- 2Chr 25:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
- 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- 2Tim 4:1 — I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
- 2Tim 4:5 — But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
- Acts 18:23 — And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
- Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Dan 5:27 — TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
- Deut 3:28 — But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
- Ezek 34:8 — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock,
- Ezek 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
- Isa 35:3 — Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
- Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Isa 57:12 — I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
- Isa 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Job 4:4 — Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
- Luke 22:31 — And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
- Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Mark 14:38 — Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
- Matt 23:5 — But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- Rev 2:4 — Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
- Rev 2:5 — Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
- Rev 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.