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Revelation 3:2-3
New English Translation
Revelation 3:2-3
New English Translation
2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about[a] to die, because I have not found your deeds complete[b] in the sight[c] of my God. 3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard,[d] and obey it,[e] and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never[f] know at what hour I will come against[g] you.
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- Revelation 3:2 tn The verb ἔμελλον (emellon) is in the imperfect tense.
- Revelation 3:2 tn The perfect passive participle has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect here.
- Revelation 3:2 tn Or “in the judgment.” BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 3 states, “in the opinion/judgment of…As a rule…of θεός or κύριος; so after…πεπληρωμένος Rv 3:2.”
- Revelation 3:3 tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pōs eilēphas kai ēkousas) probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.
- Revelation 3:3 tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.
- Revelation 3:3 tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mē, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).
- Revelation 3:3 tn Or “come on.”
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