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The Dead Church

1 “And to the1 angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who ahas the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.  
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before1 God.  
3 aRemember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and brepent. cTherefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you das a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.  
4 You have aa few names even in Sardis who have not bdefiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me cin white, for they are worthy.  
5 He who overcomes ashall be clothed in white garments, and I will not bblot out his name from the cBook of Life; but dI will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.  
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Revelation 3:2

Be thou watchful (ginou grhgorwn). Periphrastic imperative with present middle of ginomai (keep on becoming) and present active participle of grhgorew (late present from perfect egrhgora and that from egeirw, as in Matthew 24:42) and see Revelation 16:15 for grhgorew also. He does not say "Arise from the dead" (Ephesians 5:14), for there are vestiges of life. Those still alive are addressed through the angel of the church.

Stablish the things that remain (sthrison ta loipa). First aorist active imperative of sthrizw, to make stable. Those not actually dead, but in grave peril. See a like command to Titus in Crete (Titus 1:5). Every new pastor faces such a problem.

Which were ready to die (a emellon apoqanein). Imperfect active plural because the individuals, though neuter plural, are regarded as living realities. The imperfect looking on the situation "with a delicate optimism" (Swete) as having passed the crisis, a sort of epistolary imperfect.

For I have found no works of thine (ou gar eurhka sou erga). "For I have not found any works of thine." Perfect active indicative of euriskw. The church as a whole represented by sou (thy).

Fulfilled (peplhrwmena). Perfect passive predicate participle of plhrow. Their works have not measured up to God's standard (enwpion tou qeou mou).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 3:2:

John 20:17
James 2:26
Revelation 3:1
Revelation 16:15

 

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