You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
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You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
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and dydest wasshe thy self. And hast pacience: and for my names sake hast labored and hast not faynted.
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And thou wast burdened, and hast patience, and for my Names sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
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Passages linked to Revelation 2:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Hebrews 10:36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
- Galatians 6:9 Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
- James 5:7-11 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door. Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Hebrews 12:1 Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- James 1:3-4 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
- Colossians 1:11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
- John 15:21 But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
- Hebrews 6:12 that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
- Hebrews 6:15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
- Psalms 37:7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
- Romans 5:3-4 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:
- Romans 12:12 rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:13 But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.
- 1 Timothy 4:10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
- Luke 14:27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
- Romans 8:25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
- Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
- Hebrews 12:3-5 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls. You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin. You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
- 2 Peter 1:6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;
- Revelation 1:9 I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 3:10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- Luke 8:15 Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
- Luke 18:1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
- Romans 2:7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Romans 15:4-5 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
- 2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
- Psalms 69:7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
- Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.
- Mark 15:21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
- Luke 21:19 “By your endurance you will win your lives.
- Romans 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
- 2 Corinthians 10:15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
- Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
- Philippians 2:16 holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
- Philippians 4:3 Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you,
- 1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
- Hebrews 13:13 Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.
- 1 Corinthians 16:16 that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12 But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for…
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Ver. 3. And hast borne] Bear the false apostles thou couldst not; but hast borne much from them. Morientium nempe ferarum violentiores sunt morsus. Beasts bite hardest when to bite their last.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And hast borne the contradiction of false teachers, and…
And hast borne the contradiction of false teachers, and the persecutions of Jews and pagans; for at this time the second persecution was began by Domitian.
And hast patience; grace (with quietness and submission) to bear the will of God in any sort of evils.
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And for my name’s sake hast laboured; and for me hast laboured actively in propagating the truths of my gospel, as well as passively in the furnace of trials and persecutions.
And hast not fainted; and hast persevered so as thou hast neither been seduced to other doctrine by false teachers, nor lost thy integrity and holiness of conversation.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And hast borne,.... Not evil men, nor false apostles,…
And hast borne,.... Not evil men, nor false apostles, but "burdens", as the Ethiopic version reads, and as the word signifies; meaning afflictions, reproaches, and persecutions, which pressed sore, and lay heavy on these ministers and churches; and yet they bore them with constancy and cheerfulness, and were not moved by them. The Arabic version reads, "and thou hast borne me"; my name and Gospel, among the Gentiles, and carried it from place to place; see Act 9:15,
and hast patience; which they had from God, as his gift, and which they had in their hearts, and in exercise, and found it useful to them. It was in exercise in a suitable time, and it continued with them; it was not worn out through the length and greatness of their trials,
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And for my name's sake hast laboured: which may refer either to enduring sufferings for Christ's name's sake, for his Gospel's sake, for righteousness sake, for the sake of the elect, and for the sake of the honour, glory, and interest of Christ; or to labouring in the ministry, not for filthy lucre sake, nor for party sake, but for the honour of Christ, and the good of souls; and there never was an interval in which this was more true:
and hast not fainted: so as to sink under the burden borne; to have patience quite tired out; to, be weary of labouring for Christ's name's sake; and so as to give out, and quit the service of Christ.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. And hast borne] The same things mentioned…
Verse 3. And hast borne] The same things mentioned in the preceding verse, but in an inverted order, the particular reason of which does not appear; perhaps it was intended to show more forcibly to this Church that there was no good which they had done, nor evil which they had suffered, that was forgotten before God.
And hast not fainted.] They must therefore have had a considerable portion of this love remaining, else they could not have thus acted.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And hast borne - Hast borne up under trials;…
And hast borne - Hast borne up under trials; or hast borne with the evils with which you have been assailed. That is, you have not given way to murmuring or complaints in trial, you have not abandoned the principles of truth and yielded to the prevalence of error.
And hast patience - That is, in this connection, hast shown that thou canst bear up under these things with patience. This is a repetition of what is said in Rev 2:2, but in a somewhat different connection. There it rather refers to the trouble which they had experienced on account of the pretensions of false apostles, and the patient, persevering, and enduring spirit which they had shown in that form of trial; here the expression is more general, denoting a patient spirit in regard to all forms of trial.
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And for my name’s sake hast laboured - On account of me, and in my cause. That is, the labor here referred to, whatever it was, was to advance the cause of the Redeemer. In the word rendered “hast labored” (κεκοπιακας kekopiakas) there is a reference to the word used in the previous verse - “thy labor” (κόπον σου kopon sou); and the design is to show that the “labor,” or trouble there referred to, was on account of him.
And hast not fainted - Hast not become exhausted, or wearied out, so as to give over. The word used here (κάμνω kamnō) occurs in only three places in the New Testament: “Lest ye be wearied, and faint,” Heb 12:3; “The prayer of faith shall save the sick,” Jam 5:15; and in the passage before us. It means properly to become weary and faint from toil, etc.; and the idea here is, that they had not become so wearied out as to give over from exhaustion. The sense of the whole passage is thus rendered by Prof. Stuart: “Thou canst not bear with false teachers, but thou canst bear with troubles and perplexities on account of me; thou hast undergone wearisome toil, but thou art not wearied out thereby.” The state of mind, considered as the state of mind appropriate to a Christian, here represented, is, that we should not tolerate error and sin, but that we should bear up under the trials which they may incidentally occasion us; that we should have such a repugnance to evil that we cannot endure it, as evil, but that we should have such love to the Saviour and his cause as to be willing to bear anything, even in relation to that, or springing from that, that we may be called to suffer in that cause; that while we may be weary in his work, for our bodily strength may become exhausted (compare Mat 26:41), we should not be weary of it; and that though we may have many perplexities, and may meet with much opposition, yet we should not relax our zeal, but should persevere with an ardor that never faints, until our Saviour calls us to our reward.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain borne . . . patience--The oldest manuscripts transpose these…
borne . . . patience--The oldest manuscripts transpose these words. Then translate as Greek, "persevering endurance . . . borne." "Thou hast borne" My reproach, but "thou canst not bear the evil" (Rev 2:2). A beautiful antithesis.
and . . . hast laboured, and hast not fainted--The two oldest manuscripts and oldest versions read, "and . . . hast not labored," omitting "and hast fainted." The difficulty which transcribers by English Version reading tried to obviate, was the seeming contradiction, "I know thy labor . . . and thou hast not labored." But what is meant is, "Thou hast not been wearied out with labor."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Hast borne with even those whom thou canst…
3. Hast borne with even those whom thou canst not bear. A contradiction in terms, a truth in facts.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. and hast borne, &c.] Read and hast patience;…
3. and hast borne, &c.] Read and hast patience; and didst bear for my Name’s sake, and hast not been weary.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And hast borne.—This verse needs some change to…
(3) And hast borne.—This verse needs some change to bring it into harmony with the best MSS. It should stand, And hast (or, hadst) patience, and didst bear for My name’s sake, and didst not weary. In this last word there is a recurrence to the word (kopos) translated labour or toil in Rev_2:2. They had toiled on to very weariness without wearying of their toil (Gal_6:9), just as they could not bear the evil and yet had borne reproaches for Christ’s sake. “There is toil, and patience, and abhorrence of evil, and discernment, and again patience, and endurance, and unwearied exertion. What can be wanting here?” (Dr. Vaughan.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The text followed in the Authorized Version is here…
The text followed in the Authorized Version is here very corrupt; we must read with the Revised Version, And thou hast patience (as in ver. 2), and didst bear for my Name"s sake, and hast not grown weary. The last verb (kekopiakev) is closely akin to toil (kopov) in ver 2. The seeming contradiction between "I know thy toil" and "thou hast not toiled" has caused confusion in the text. Yet ou kekopiakev does not mean "thou hast not toiled," but "thou hast not wearied of toil." It is all the more probable that this play of words is intentional, because "bear" (bastazein) is used in two different senses in ver. 2 and ver. 3: "canst not tolerate evil men," and "didst endure suffering". (comp. Joh_16:12) "So is patience set over the things of God that one can obey no precept, fulfil no work well pleasing to the Lord, if estranged from it. The good of it even they who live outside it honour with the name of highest virtue.... Grand testimony this is to it, in that it incites even the vain schools of the world unto praise and glory! Or is it rather an injury," "in that a thing Divine is bandied about among worldly sciences (Tertullian, "De Pat.," 1).
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 3. Hast not fainted. Though called to bear afflictions…
3. Hast not fainted. Though called to bear afflictions for Christ they had not wearied.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 because of my name
because of my name
"Name" here is a metonym for the person of Jesus Christ. AT: "because of me" or "because you believe in my name" or "because you believe in me" (See: Metonymy)
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you have not grown weary
Being discouraged is spoken of as being tired. AT: "you have not become discouraged" or "you have not quit" (See: Metaphor)
I have against you the fact that
"I disapprove of you because" or "I am angry with you because"
you have left behind your first love
To stop doing something is spoken of as leaving it behind. Love is spoken of as if it is an object that can be left behind. AT "you have stopped loving me as you did at the beginning" (See: Metaphor)
from where you have fallen
No longer loving as much as they used to is spoken of as haven fallen. AT: "how much you have changed" or "how much you used to love me" (See: Metaphor)
Unless you repent
"If you do not repent"
remove your lampstand
The lampstands are symbols that represent the seven churches. See how you translated "lampstand" in Revelation 1:12. (See: Symbolic Language)
translationWords
know
patient
endure
love
repent
lampstand
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