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Book of Revelation, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of Revelation—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “And to the angel1 of the congregation in Sarʹdis write: These are the things that he says who has the seven spirits2 of God and the seven stars,3 ‘I know your deeds, that you have the name that you are alive, but you are dead.4
  2. Become watchful,5 and strengthen6 the things remaining that were ready to die, for I have not found your deeds fully performed before my God.7
  3. Therefore, continue mindful of how you have received8 and how you heard, and go on keeping [it],9 and repent.10 Certainly unless you wake up,11 I shall come as a thief,12 and you will not know at all at what hour I shall come upon you.13
  4. ¶ “‘Nevertheless, you do have a few names[a]14 in Sarʹdis that did not defile15 their outer garments, and they shall walk with me in white ones,16 because they are worthy.17
  5. He that conquers18 will thus be arrayed in white outer garments;19 and I will by no means blot out his name from the book of life,20 but I will make acknowledgment of his name before my Father21 and before his angels.22
  6. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit23 says to the congregations.’
  7. ¶ “And to the angel24 of the congregation in Philadelphia write: These are the things he says who is holy,25 who is true,26 who has the key of David,27 who opens so that no one will shut, and shuts so that no one opens,
  8. ‘I know your deeds28—look! I have set before you an opened door,29 which no one can shut—that you have a little power, and you kept my word and did not prove false to my name.30
  9. Look! I will give those from the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews,31 and yet they are not but are lying32—look! I will make them come and do obeisance33 before your feet and make them know I have loved you.
  10. Because you kept the word about my endurance,[b]34 I will also keep35 you from the hour of test,[c] which is to come upon the whole inhabited earth, to put a test upon those dwelling on the earth.36
  11. I am coming quickly.37 Keep on holding fast what you have,38 that no one may take your crown.39
  12. ¶ “‘The one that conquers—I will make him a pillar40 in the temple[d]41 of my God,42 and he will by no means go out [from it] anymore, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem[e]43 which descends out of heaven from my God, and that new name of mine.44
  13. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit45 says to the congregations.’
  14. ¶ “And to the angel of the congregation in La·o·di·ceʹa46 write: These are the things that the Amen[f]47 says, the faithful48 and true49 witness,50 the beginning of the creation by God,51
  15. ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or else hot.
  16. So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot52 nor cold,53 I am going to vomit[g] you out of my mouth.
  17. Because you say: “I am rich54 and have acquired riches and do not need anything at all,” but you do not know you are miserable and pitiable and poor and blind55 and naked,
  18. I advise you to buy from me gold56 refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and that the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested,57 and eyesalve to rub in your eyes58 that you may see.
  19. ¶ “‘All those for whom I have affection I reprove and discipline.59 Therefore be zealous and repent.60
  20. Look! I am standing at the door61 and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,62 I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me.
  21. To the one that conquers63 I will grant to sit down with me on my throne,64 even as I conquered and sat down65 with my Father on his throne.66
  22. Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit67 says to the congregations.’”68

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “persons.”
  2. ^ Or, “kept what I said about endurance.”
  3. ^ Lit., “the hour of the temptation.”
  4. ^ Or, “divine habitation (dwelling).” Gr., na·oiʹ, dative, sing.; Lat., temʹplo; J17,18,22(Heb.), beheh·khalʹ, “in the palace (temple) of.”
  5. ^ “Jerusalem,” meaning “Possession [or, Foundation] of Twofold Peace.”
  6. ^ “The Amen.” Gr., ho A·menʹ; Lat., Aʹmen; J17,18,22(Heb.), ha·ʼA·menʹ, “the So Be It.”
  7. ^ “I am going to vomit,” AVgSyh; א, “keep [your mouth] still!”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Re 2:1
  2. ^ Re 1:4; 4:5
  3. ^ Re 1:16
  4. ^ Jm 2:26
  5. ^ Lu 21:34; Eph 5:15; 1Th 5:6
  6. ^ Lu 22:32; Ac 18:23
  7. ^ 2Co 6:1
  8. ^ Mt 10:8
  9. ^ Lu 21:36; Pp 2:16
  10. ^ Mt 3:8; 2Co 7:11
  11. ^ Eph 5:14
  12. ^ Re 16:15
  13. ^ Mt 24:42; Lu 12:39
  14. ^ Pr 10:7; 22:1; Ec 7:1
  15. ^ Jm 1:27
  16. ^ Re 3:18; 6:11
  17. ^ Eph 4:1
  18. ^ 1Jo 5:4
  19. ^ Re 4:4; 19:8
  20. ^ Pp 4:3; Re 21:27
  21. ^ Mt 10:32; Mr 8:38
  22. ^ Lu 12:8
  23. ^ 1Jo 4:2
  24. ^ Re 2:1
  25. ^ Jn 6:69; Ac 3:14; Heb 7:26
  26. ^ Re 3:14; 19:11
  27. ^ Is 22:22; Lu 1:32
  28. ^ Re 2:2
  29. ^ 1Co 16:9; 2Co 2:12
  30. ^ Mt 25:21
  31. ^ Ro 2:28; Re 2:9
  32. ^ Jn 8:44
  33. ^ Is 60:14
  34. ^ Lu 8:15; 21:19; 2Ti 2:12; Heb 10:36; 12:3
  35. ^ 2Th 3:3; 2Pe 2:9
  36. ^ Mt 24:21
  37. ^ Re 2:16
  38. ^ Re 2:10
  39. ^ Jm 1:12
  40. ^ 2Ch 3:17
  41. ^ 1Co 3:16; Eph 2:21; 1Pe 2:5
  42. ^ Mt 27:46; Jn 20:17
  43. ^ Heb 12:22; Re 21:2
  44. ^ Re 14:1; 19:12; 22:4
  45. ^ 1Jo 4:2
  46. ^ Col 4:16
  47. ^ 2Co 1:20
  48. ^ Heb 3:6; Re 1:5
  49. ^ Jn 1:14; Re 19:11
  50. ^ Jn 18:37; 1Ti 6:13
  51. ^ Pr 8:22; Col 1:15
  52. ^ Ps 69:9; 2Co 9:2
  53. ^ Pr 25:13, 25
  54. ^ Ho 12:8; 1Co 4:8
  55. ^ 2Pe 1:9
  56. ^ Jb 23:10; 1Pe 1:7
  57. ^ Re 16:15
  58. ^ Ps 19:8
  59. ^ Pr 3:12
  60. ^ Re 2:5; 3:3
  61. ^ Jm 5:9
  62. ^ Lu 12:36
  63. ^ 1Jo 5:4; Re 2:26; 12:11
  64. ^ Mt 19:28; Lu 22:30
  65. ^ Heb 10:12
  66. ^ Is 66:1
  67. ^ Re 2:7
  68. ^ Re 1:11

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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