Revelation 3:2-3

3:2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about ¹  to die, because I have not found your deeds complete ²  in the sight ³  of my God. 3:3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, ⁴  and obey it, ⁵  and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never ⁶  know at what hour I will come against ⁷  you.

¹ tn The verb ἔμελλον (emellon) is in the imperfect tense.

² tn The perfect passive participle has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect here.

³ 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.”

⁴ tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pw" eilhfa" kai hkousa") probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.

⁵ tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.

⁶ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).

⁷ tn Or “come on.”