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Revelation 2:16

Context
2:16 Therefore, 1  repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people 2  with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 2:26-27

Context
2:26 And to the one who conquers 3  and who continues in 4  my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations 5 

2:27 he 6  will rule 7  them with an iron rod 8 

and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, 9 

Revelation 3:2

Context
3:2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about 10  to die, because I have not found your deeds complete 11  in the sight 12  of my God.
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[2:16]  1 tc The “therefore” (οὖν, oun) is not found in א 2053 2329 2351 ÏA or the Latin mss. It is, however, included in impressive witnesses such as {A C 046 1006 1611 syp,h co}. Though the conjunction looks at first glance like a scribal clarification, its omission may be explained on the basis of its similarity to the last three letters of the verb “repent” (μετανόησον, metanohson; since οὖν is a postpositive conjunction in Greek, the final three letters of the verb [-σον, -son] would have been immediately followed by ουν). A scribe could have simply passed over the conjunction in his copy when he saw the last three letters of the imperative verb. A decision is difficult, however, because of the motivation to add to the text and the quality of witnesses that lack the conjunction.

[2:16]  2 tn Grk “with them”; the referent (those people who follow the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:26]  3 tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

[2:26]  4 tn Grk “keeps.” In a context that speaks of “holding on to what you have,” the idea here is one of continued faithful behavior (BDAG 1002 s.v. τηρέω 3 has “ὁ τηρῶν τὰ ἔργα μου the one who takes my deeds to heart Rv 2:26”).

[2:26]  5 tn Or “over the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[2:27]  5 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:27]  6 tn Grk “will shepherd.”

[2:27]  7 tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

[2:27]  8 sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8). See also Rev 12:5, 19:15.

[3:2]  7 tn The verb ἔμελλον (emellon) is in the imperfect tense.

[3:2]  8 tn The perfect passive participle has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect here.

[3:2]  9 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.”



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