Revelation 2:25-27
Names of God Bible
25 Just hold on to what you have until I come.
26 I have received authority from my Father.[a] I will give authority over the nations to everyone who wins the victory and continues to do what I want until the end. 27 Those people will rule the nations with iron scepters and shatter them like pottery.
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- Revelation 2:26 The first part of verse 28 (in Greek) has been moved to the beginning of verse 26 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.
Revelation 2:25-27
New King James Version
25 But hold fast (A)what you have till I come. 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps (B)My works until the end, (C)to him I will give power over the nations—
27 ‘He(D) shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father;
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Revelation 2:25-27
English Standard Version
25 Only hold fast (A)what you have until I come. 26 (B)The one who conquers and who keeps my works (C)until the end, (D)to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and (E)he will (F)rule[a] them with a rod of iron, (G)as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
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- Revelation 2:27 Greek shepherd
Revelation 2:25-27
King James Version
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
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