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“Write this letter to the leader of the church in Philadelphia.

“This message is sent to you by the one who is holy and true and has the key of David to open what no one can shut and to shut what no one can open.

“I know you well; you aren’t strong, but you have tried to obey[a] and have not denied my Name. Therefore I have opened a door to you that no one can shut.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:8 you have tried to obey, literally, “you have kept my word.”

To the Church in Philadelphia

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(A) write:

These are the words of him who is holy(B) and true,(C) who holds the key of David.(D) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds.(E) See, I have placed before you an open door(F) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(G)

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