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Jesus' message to the believers at Philadelphia

‘Write this to the angel of the church at Philadelphia:

“This is my message to you. I am the one who is completely good, the true God. I have King David's key in my hand.[a] When I open a door, nobody can shut it. And when I shut a door, nobody can open it.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:7 David was a great king of God's people, Israel. He lived on the earth a long time before Jesus lived here as a man. Both men belonged to the same family.

10 God may catch you and put you in prison.
    He may accuse you in a court.
Nobody can stop him doing that.

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14 If God destroys something,
    nobody can repair it.
If God puts someone in prison,
    that person cannot escape.

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