Revelation Chapter 3 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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BBE Revelation 3:19

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.
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DARBY Revelation 3:19

I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
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KJV Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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WBT Revelation 3:19


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WEB Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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YLT Revelation 3:19

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. As many as. Not one whom God loves escapes chastening; if he be not chastened, he is not a son (Hebrews 12:8), for "all have sinned, and come short." "I love" is φιλῶ, I love dearly; not merely ἀγαπῶ. I rebuke (ἐλέγχω), to reprove, so as to convict of sin and turn to repentance; the work of the Holy Ghost, who should "convict the world of sin" (John 16:8). This verse is a solace and encouragement for the Laodi-ceans. They were required to make the sacrifices demanded of them, not so much that they might be punished for their transgressions, but to prove themselves of the number of God's elect. The stern reproof administered was a pruning, which was an evidence of God's loving care for them; the final sentence, "Cut it down," had not yet gone forth. But though thus intended for encouragement rather than condemnation, yet it could not but contain implied reproach, however tender. No one can be exhorted to change his path and to seek that which is holy without being reminded that he is unholy and has wandered from the right way. Those in Laodicea who took this message to heart must needs think of their unchastened life - the life full of prosperity and self-satisfied security, into which so little zeal had been infused, in which so little need for repentance bad been felt. The Church, indeed, needed some of that chastening, that persecution, and hardship, which should arouse her from the perilous slumber of ease into which she had fallen, and call forth some zeal and self-sacrifice, the frequent and natural result of opposition.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) I rebuke and chasten.--The first word is that used in the work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:8), and signifies to bring conviction; it is not empty censure. The second word signifies to educate by means of correction. The pronoun is emphatic, "I," and calls attention to the fidelity of Christ's love in comparison with the weak partiality seen in human love. (Comp. Hebrews 12:6.)Be zealous.--Or, be in a constant zealous state; and now, once for all, repent.(2?) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.--It is difficult not to see an allusion in this image to Song of Solomon 5:2-6. Perhaps, also, the memory of the first night spent by St. John with his Master and Friend (John 1:39) may have been strong in his mind. Indeed, the life of Christ on earth teems with illustrations which may well have suggested the image (Luke 10:38; Luke 19:5-6; Luke 22:11-13; Luke 24:29-30). . . .