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Revelation 3:19

"I correct and punish the people I love. So show that nothing is more important to you than living right. Change your hearts and lives.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Backsliders;   Chastisement;   Church;   Commandments;   Jesus, the Christ;   Laodicea;   Repentance;   Wicked (People);   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Chastisement;   Commendation-Reproof;   Earnestness-Indifference;   Fervour;   Reproof;   Trials;   Words of Christ;   Zeal;   The Topic Concordance - Chastisement;   Coming;   Government;   Hearing;   Jesus Christ;   Love;   Rebuke;   Repentance;   Throne;   Victory/overcoming;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions;   Love of Christ, the;   Repentance;   Reproof;   Zeal;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Laodicea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Chastisement;   Laodicea;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Zeal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Archippus;   Laodicea;   Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Chasten, Chastisement;   Laodicea;   Letter Form and Function;   Repentance;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Archippus;   Asia;   Evil;   Laodicea;   Magi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Chastisement;   Discipline (2);   Laodicea;   Reproof;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chastening;   Covet, to;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sepharvaim;   Temptation;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Laodice'a;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chastening;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Rebuke;   Revelation of John:;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline.
King James Version (1611)
As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten, be zealous therefore, and repent.
King James Version
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
English Standard Version
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
New American Standard Bible
'Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
New Century Version
"I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.
THE MESSAGE
"The people I love, I call to account—prod and correct and guide so that they'll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Berean Standard Bible
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Contemporary English Version
I correct and punish everyone I love. So make up your minds to turn away from your sins.
Complete Jewish Bible
As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins!
Darby Translation
I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.
George Lamsa Translation
I rebuke and chastise all those whom I love: be zealous, therefore, and repent.
Good News Translation
I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.
Lexham English Bible
As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!
Literal Translation
I, as many "as I love, I rebuke and I chasten." Be zealous, then, and repent. Prov. 3:12
Amplified Bible
'Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God's will].
American Standard Version
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Bible in Basic English
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
Hebrew Names Version
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
International Standard Version
I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent!Job 1:5:17; Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5-6; James 1:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
All those whom I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Murdock Translation
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be emulous therefore, and repent.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: Be feruent therfore, & repent.
English Revised Version
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
World English Bible
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whomsoever I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous and repent.
Weymouth's New Testament
All whom I hold dear, I reprove and chastise; therefore be in earnest and repent.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y repreue, and chastise whom Y loue; therfor sue thou goode men, and do penaunce.
Update Bible Version
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Webster's Bible Translation
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
New English Translation
All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
New King James Version
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
New Living Translation
I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
New Life Bible
I speak strong words to those I love and I punish them. Have a strong desire to please the Lord. Be sorry for your sins and turn from them.
New Revised Standard
I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
Revised Standard Version
Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
As many as I love I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therfore and repet.
Young's Literal Translation
`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As many as I loue, I rebuke & chasten. Be feruent therfore and repent.
Mace New Testament (1729)
as many as I love, I rebuke and chastise: be warm therefore with zeal, and repent.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Listen, if I didn't care, I wouldn't be hard on you. Stand up and be a man and turn your back on the sorry ways that got you into this mess.

Contextual Overview

14 "Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: "Here is a message from the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of all that God has made. 15 "I know what you do. You are not hot or cold. I wish that you were hot or cold! 16 But you are only warm—not hot, not cold. So I am ready to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say you are rich. You think you have become wealthy and don't need anything. But you don't know that you are really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I advise you to buy gold from me—gold made pure in fire. Then you will be rich. I tell you this: Buy clothes that are white. Then you will be able to cover your shameful nakedness. I also tell you to buy medicine to put on your eyes. Then you will be able to see. 19 "I correct and punish the people I love. So show that nothing is more important to you than living right. Change your hearts and lives. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you. And you will eat with me. 21 "I will let everyone who wins the victory sit with me on my throne. It was the same with me. I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Everyone who hears this should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

many: Deuteronomy 8:5, 2 Samuel 7:14, Job 5:17, Psalms 6:1, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 94:10, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 3:12, Proverbs 15:10, Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 22:15, Isaiah 26:16, Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 7:28, Jeremiah 10:24, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 31:18, Zephaniah 3:2, 1 Corinthians 11:32, 2 Corinthians 6:9, Hebrews 12:5-11, James 1:12

be: Numbers 25:11-13, Psalms 69:9, John 2:17, Romans 12:11, 2 Corinthians 7:11, Galatians 4:18, Titus 2:14

repent: Revelation 2:5, Revelation 2:21, Revelation 2:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:12 - who Genesis 20:16 - thus Genesis 29:25 - wherefore 2 Samuel 12:14 - the child 2 Samuel 24:12 - that I may 1 Kings 13:21 - thou hast disobeyed 1 Chronicles 4:10 - that it may 1 Chronicles 21:10 - that I may 2 Chronicles 16:12 - diseased 2 Chronicles 20:1 - came against 2 Chronicles 20:37 - the Lord Job 22:4 - reprove Job 33:19 - chastened Job 35:15 - visited Psalms 23:3 - restoreth Psalms 50:21 - will Psalms 73:5 - They are Psalms 85:8 - but Psalms 94:12 - teachest Psalms 119:75 - thou in Psalms 141:5 - the righteous Proverbs 1:23 - my reproof Proverbs 17:10 - General Proverbs 19:25 - reprove Proverbs 27:6 - the wounds Ecclesiastes 7:5 - better Song of Solomon 5:6 - but my Isaiah 1:25 - And I Isaiah 37:3 - General Isaiah 48:10 - I have refined Jeremiah 24:5 - them that are carried away captive Jeremiah 46:28 - will I Ezekiel 3:21 - if thou Hosea 5:2 - a rebuker Hosea 7:12 - as their Hosea 7:15 - bound Jonah 4:8 - that God Micah 6:9 - hear Haggai 1:9 - Because Matthew 16:9 - ye not Matthew 25:7 - General Matthew 26:74 - saying Mark 4:13 - Know Mark 8:33 - he rebuked Mark 16:14 - and upbraided Luke 1:20 - because Luke 9:55 - and rebuked John 11:3 - he John 15:2 - and John 16:27 - the Father John 21:17 - the third Romans 8:28 - we know 1 Corinthians 11:30 - many 1 Corinthians 16:24 - love 2 Corinthians 7:8 - though I made 1 Timothy 1:20 - that 2 Timothy 4:2 - reprove Hebrews 12:6 - whom Revelation 2:16 - Repent Revelation 3:3 - repent

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you."
Genesis 3:21
The Lord God used animal skins and made some clothes for the man and his wife. Then he put the clothes on them.
Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."
Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham said, "Compared to you, Lord, I am only dust and ashes. But let me bother you again and ask you this question.
Genesis 23:4
"I am only a foreigner staying in your country. I have no place to bury my wife. Please give me some land so that I can bury her."
Job 1:21
and said, "When I was born into this world, I was naked and had nothing. When I die and leave this world, I will be naked and have nothing. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of the Lord !"
Job 19:26
After I leave my body and my skin has been destroyed, I know I will still see God.
Job 21:26
In the end, both of these people will lie together in the dirt. The worms will cover them both.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As many as I love I rebuke and chasten,.... The persons the objects of Christ's love here intended are not angels, but the sons of men; and these not all of them, yet many of them, even all who are his own by his Father's gift and his own purchase; and who are called his church, and sometimes represented as such who love him and obey his commands: the instances of his love to them are many; as his suretyship engagements for them, his assumption of their nature, dying in their room and stead, paying their debts, procuring their peace and pardon, bringing in a righteousness for them, purchasing their persons, his intercession for them, preparations in heaven, supplies of grace, and frequent visits in a kind and familiar manner; and as for the nature of his love, it is free and sovereign, everlasting and immutable, and it is matchless and inconceivable, it is strong and affectionate, and as his Father loved him; and such are rebuked by Christ, not in a way of wrath, but in a tender manner, in order to bring them under a conviction of their sin and of their duty, and of their folly in trusting in, or loving any creature more than himself, and of all their wrong ways; and they are chastened by him, not in a vindictive, but in a fatherly way, which is instructive and teaching to them, and for their good. This seems to refer to some afflictions which Christ was about to bring upon this church, by some means or another, to awaken her out of her sloth and security, and which would be in love to her, and the end be to rouse her zeal and bring her to repentance. Some think this respects the Gog and Magog army, which will encompass the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; but that will not be till after the thousand years' reign, and besides will be no affliction to them; rather it designs the unchurching them, signified by spewing them out of his mouth, Revelation 3:16;

be zealous, therefore, and repent; zeal was what was wanting in this church; which is nothing else than hot, fervent, and ardent love, love in a flame; whereas she was neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, Christ would have her be "zealous" for God; for his cause and interest, for his Gospel, ordinances, and the discipline of his house, and against everything that is evil; against all false worship, all errors in doctrine, all sin and iniquity; and to be zealous of good works, and in the worship of God, both private and public: and "repent"; in an evangelical way, of her lukewarnmess, remissness, and supineness; of her pride, arrogance, and vain boastings of herself; and of her self-sufficience, self-dependence, and self-confidence.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As 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 expressed fully explained in the notes on Hebrews 12:6. The language is taken from Proverbs 3:12.

Be zealous therefore, and repent - Be earnest, strenuous, ardent in your purpose to exercise true repentance, and to turn from the error of your ways. Lose no time; spare no labor, that you may obtain such a state of mind that it shall not be necessary to bring upon you the severe discipline which always comes on those who continue lukewarm in religion. The truth taught here is, that when the professed followers of Christ have become lukewarm in his service, they should lose no time in returning to him, anti seeking his favor again. As sure as he has any true love for them, if this is not done he will bring upon them some heavy calamity, alike to rebuke them for their errors, and to recover them to himself.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 3:19. As 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.


 
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