Revelation 2:10

2:10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

Revelation 3:2

3:2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

tn Grk “is about to throw some of you,” but the force is causative in context.

tn Or “tempted.”

tn Or “experience persecution,” “will be in distress” (see L&N 22.2).

tn Grk “crown of life,” with the genitive “of life” (τῆς ζωῆς, th" zwh") functioning in apposition to “crown” (στέφανον, stefanon): “the crown that consists of life.”

tn The verb ἔμελλον (emellon) is in the imperfect tense.

tn The perfect passive participle has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect here.

tn Or “in the judgment.” BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 3 states, “in the opinion/judgment of…As a rule…of θεός or κύριος; so after…πεπληρωμένος Rv 3:2.”