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26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my bworks unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers even as I received of my Father.

28 And I will give him the morning star.

29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Y ACTs, xv. 28: It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things. Z REV. iii. 11. See on 1 TIM. i. 18.

a See ver. 7, 11, 17. REV. iii. 5, 12, 21. do. xxi. 7: He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

b JOHN, vi. 29: This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. JAMES, ii. 20: But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 1 JOHN, iii. 23: This is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ.

See on MAT. xix. 28.

d Ps. ii. 8, 9: Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. do. xlix. 14: The upright shall have dominion over them. DAN. vii. 22: Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. REV. xii. 5: She brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. do. xix. 15: He shall rule them with a rod of iron. e See on 2 PET. i. 19.

f See on ver. 7.

CHAP. III.

2 The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved, 3 exhorted to repent, and threatened if he do not repent: 8 the angel of the church of Philadelphia 10 is approved for his diligence and patience: 15 the angel of Laodicea rebuked, for being neither hot nor cold, 19 and admonished to be more zealous: 20 Christ standeth at the door and knocketh.

AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

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3 Remember therefore how thou hast freceived and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me 'in white for they are worthy.

a See on REV. i. 4, 16.

D REV. ii. 2.

See on JOHN, v. 25.

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DAN. v. 27: TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

HEB. ii. 1: Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

See on I TIм. i. 18.

8 Ver. 19.

b See on MAT. xxiv. 42, 43.

i ACTS, i. 15: The number of the names [of the disciples] together were about an hundred and twenty.

JUDE, 23: Others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garments spotted by the flesh.

12 ESDR.ii. 39: [The number sealed in the feast of the Lord] have received glorious garments of the LORD. MAT. xxviii. 3: His

5 He that overcometh, "the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not "blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will P confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, "he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

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8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. REV. iv. 4: Upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment. do. vi. 11: And white robes were given to every one of them. do. vii. 9, 13, 14: I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude clothed with white robes. What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?— These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. do. xix. 8, 14: To her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white : for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

m See on ver. 4.

" See on LUKE, X. 20. • See on LUKE, X. 20. P See on MAT. x. 32. See on REV. ii. 7.

See on 1 JOHN, ii. 20.

' Ver. 14. REV. vi. 10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? See on REV. i. 5.

9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar

× REV. ii. 9.

y ISA. xlix. 23 : Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. do. lx. 14: The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 2 See on 1 COR. X. 13.

a LUKE, ii. 1: There went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

b Isa. xxiv. 17: Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

© ZEPH. i. 14: The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. PHI. iv. 5: The Lord is at hand. REV. i. 3: Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. do. xxii. 7, 10, 12, 20: Behold, Icome quickly blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

d See on 1 TIM. i. 18.

e REV. ii. 10. See on 1 Cor. ix. 25.

f 1 KINGS, vii. 21: He set up the pillars in the porch of the temple and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. GAL. ii. 9: And when James, Cephas,

in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

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13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans1 write; 'These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the "beginning of the creation of God ;

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue 2 thee out of my mouth.

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and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

8 See on REV. ii. 17.
See on GAL. iv. 26.
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See on REV. ii. 7.

1 ISA. lxv. 16: He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth.

m Ver. 7. See on REV. i. 5.

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P 1 KINGS, Xviii. 21: Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. 2 KINGS, xvii. 33: They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations. ZEPH. i. 4, 5: I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place-And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham.

9 PRO, xiii. 7: There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath