Revelation 3:8
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8 “I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(A)
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1 Corinthians 16:9
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9 for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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Colossians 4:3
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3 At the same time, pray for us as well, that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison,(A)
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Revelation 3:7
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The Message to Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:(A)
2 Corinthians 2:12
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Paul’s Anxiety in Troas
12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news[a] of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord,(A)
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- 2.12 Or the gospel
Acts 14:27
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27 When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them and how he had opened a door of faith for the gentiles.
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Philippians 4:13
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13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.(A)
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Luke 12:9
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9 but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.
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Revelation 2:13
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13 “I know where you are living, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me[a] even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.
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- 2.13 Or deny my faith
John 17:6
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6 “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.(A)
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Revelation 3:15
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15 “I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.
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Revelation 22:7
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7 “See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”(A)
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1 John 2:22-23
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22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?[a] This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.(A)
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- 2.22 Or the Messiah
1 Timothy 5:8
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8 And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(A)
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Matthew 26:70-72
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70 But he denied it before all of them, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.” 71 When he went out to the porch, another female servant saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”[a] 72 Again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”
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- 26.71 Gk Nazorean
Revelation 3:10
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10 Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.(A)
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Revelation 3:1
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The Message to Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:
“I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.(A)
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Revelation 2:2
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2 “I know your works, your toil and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them to be false.(A)
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2 Timothy 4:7
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7 I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.(A)
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John 14:21-24
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21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”(A) 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(B) 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.(C)
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Jude 4
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4 For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a](A)
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- 4 Or the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ
John 15:20
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)
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Proverbs 30:9
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9 lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.(A)
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
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8 Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me,(A) 9 but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(B) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(C)
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- 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power
Acts 3:13-14
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13 The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,[a] the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant[b] Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him.(A) 14 But you rejected the holy and righteous[c] one and asked to have a murderer given to you,(B)
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