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Revelation 3:3-4 KJV
Revelation · chapter 3 · verses 3–4
3Remember 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 thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4Thou 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.Revelation 3:3-4 · King James Version
Revelation 3:3-4 in context
1And 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.
2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3Remember 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 thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4Thou 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.
5He 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.
6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Commentary
Cross references
- Revelation 2:5
- 2 Peter 3:10
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2
- Revelation 16:15
- Matthew 24:42-43
- Luke 12:39-40
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6
- Matthew 25:13
- Revelation 3:5
- Revelation 7:9
- Ecclesiastes 9:8
- Revelation 6:11
Key words (Strong's)
- Remembermnēmoneuōto be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind, to think of and feel for a person or…G3421 →
- receivedlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- garmentshimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- defiledmolynōto pollute, stain, contaminate, defile, used in NT of those who have not kept themselves…G3435 →
- repentmetanoeōto change one's mindG3340 →
- SardissardeisSardis = " red ones" , a luxurious city in Asia Minor, the capital of LydiaG4554 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- shaltgrēgoreōto watch, metaph. give strict attention to, be cautious, active, to take heed lest…G1127 →
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Here is, I. The preface, showing, 1. To whom this letter is directed: To the angel of the church of Sardis, an ancient city of Lydia, on the banks of the mountain Tmolus, said to have been the chief city of Asia the Less, and the first city in that part of the world that was converted by the preaching of John;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6