To the Church in Sardis

Revelation 3:2

In 9 translations

BSB: Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
KJV: Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
WEB: Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.NU & TR read “which were about to die” instead of “which you were about to throw away”.
ASV: 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.
LSV: be watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found your works fulfilled before God.
YLT: become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.
DBY: Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die, for I have not found thy works complete before my God.Elohim
DRC: Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. For I find not thy works full before my God.
GNV: Be awake, and strengthen the things which remaine, that are readie to die: for I haue not found thy workes perfite before God.

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version read ἔμελλον (“they were about”); Textus Receptus read μὲλλει (“it is about”); Byzantine text read ἔμελλες (“you were about”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ἀποθανεῖν (“to die”); Byzantine text read ἀποβάλλειν (“to throw away”).
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ (“the”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text include μου (“of Mine”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Spelling of στήρισον: Textus Receptus: στήριξον.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔμελλες ἀποβάλλειν.
SBLGNT: τὰ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τὰ; Westcott and Hort (1881) omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: γίνου γρηγορῶν, καὶ στήρισον τὰ λοιπὰ ἃ ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν, οὐ γὰρ εὕρηκά σου τὰ ἔργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου·
RP2018: Γίνου γρηγορῶν, καὶ στήρισον τὰ λοιπὰ ἃ ἔμελλες ἀποβάλλειν· οὐ γὰρ εὕρηκά σου τὰ ἔργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου.
TR-Boyd: Γίνου γρηγορῶν, καὶ στήριξον τὰ λοιπὰ ἃ μέλλει ἀποθανεῖν· οὐ γὰρ εὕρηκά σου τὰ ἔργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.
SCR1894: γινου γρηγορων και στηριξον τα λοιπα α μελλει αποθανειν ου γαρ ευρηκα σου τα εργα πεπληρωμενα ενωπιον του θεου

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Sardis Watchfulness Asia Minor Death, Spiritual Lukewarmness Instability Epistle Perfect; Perfection Church Government Temptation

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Cross-references most cited first

1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
2 Timothy 4:1–4I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke,…
1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Acts 20:28–31Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. I know that after my departure, savage wolves…
Mark 13:33–37Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come. It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper…
Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
2 Chronicles 25:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
Luke 22:31–32Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Acts 18:23After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Deuteronomy 3:28But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
Matthew 24:42–51Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would…
Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Daniel 5:27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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