Revelation 3:19

Revelation 3:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• New International Version (NIV)Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

Context of Revelation 3:19

17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door and am knocking; if any one hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and sup with him, and he with me. 21He that overcomes, to him will I give to sit with me in my throne; as I also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father in his throne.

Revelation 3:19 word by word

ἐγὼ ὅσους ἐὰν φιλῶ ἐλέγχω καὶ παιδεύω. ζήλευε οὖν καὶ μετανόησον.Read the interlinear

• rebukeἐλέγχωelegchō · to rebukeG1651
• manyὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• loveφιλέωphileō · to loveG5368
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• repentμετανοέωmetanoeō · to repentG3340

Cross-references for Revelation 3:19

• Deuteronomy 8:5And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;
• 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men;
• Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
• Psalms 6:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
• Psalms 94:10He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct — he that teacheth man knowledge?
• Proverbs 3:11My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;
• Proverbs 15:10Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.
• Proverbs 15:32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth sense.
• Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
• Isaiah 26:16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out [their] whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
• Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jeremiah 7:28And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
• Jeremiah 10:24Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee; yet of thee will I not make a full end, but I will correct thee with judgment, and will not hold thee altogether guiltless.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

Commentaries on Revelation 3:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19As many as I love - So it was the love he still had to them that induced him thus to reprehend and thus to counsel them. Be zealous - Be in earnest, to get your souls saved, They had no zeal; this was their bane. He now stirs them up to diligence in the use of the means of grace and repentance for their past sins and remissness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten - Of course, only on the supposition that they deserve it. The meaning is, that it is a proof of love on his part, if his professed friends go astray, to recall them by admonitions and by trials. So a father calls back his children who are disobedient; and there is no higher proof of his love than when, with great pain to himself, he administers such chastisement as shall save his child. See the sentiment here…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia. Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth anything, it is worth every thing. Christ expects men should be in earnest. How many professors of gospel doctrine are neither hot nor cold; except as they are indifferent in needful matters, and hot and fiery in disputes about things of lesser moment!…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Christ will correct and guide those he loves instead of rejecting them (Proverbs 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:5–6). He remains faithful even to those who are unfaithful (2 Timothy 2:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. (Job 5:17; Pr 3:11, 12; He 12:5, 6.) So in the case of Manasseh (2Ch 33:11-13). As many--All. "He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. And shalt thou be an exception? If excepted from suffering the scourge, thou art excepted from the number of the sons" [Augustine]. This is an encouragement to Laodicea not to despair, but to regard the rebuke as a token for good, if she profit by it. I love--Greek, "philo," the love of gratuitous affection…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 3:19

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Chastisement
• Church
• Commandments
• Jesus, the Christ
• Laodicea
• Repentance
• Wicked (People)
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Chasten
• Cold
• Counsel
• Dead
• Lukewarm
• Naked
• Poor
• Rich
• Apocrypha

Commentaries on Revelation 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings