New American Standard Bible 1995
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 you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
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ἐγὼ ὅσους ἐὰν φιλῶ ἐλέγχω καὶ παιδεύω. ζήλευε οὖν καὶ μετανόησον.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Revelation 3:19
- Deuteronomy 8:5Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,
- Job 5:17“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Psalms 6:1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 39:11With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
- Psalms 94:10He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who teaches man knowledge?
- Proverbs 3:11My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof,
- Proverbs 15:10Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; He who hates reproof will die.
- Proverbs 15:32He who neglects discipline despises himself, But he who listens to reproof acquires understanding.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
- Isaiah 26:16O Lord, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your chastening was upon them.
- Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
- Jeremiah 7:28You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.
- Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you; For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord 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
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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
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