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“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.

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There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.

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Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.

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The Message to the Church in Philadelphia

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

This is the message from the one who is holy and true,
    the one who has the key of David.
What he opens, no one can close;
    and what he closes, no one can open:[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:7 Isa 22:22.

12 When I came to the city of Troas to preach the Good News of Christ, the Lord opened a door of opportunity for me.

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27 Upon arriving in Antioch, they called the church together and reported everything God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, too.

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13 For I can do everything through Christ,[a] who gives me strength.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:13 Greek through the one.

13 “I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.

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But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels.

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“I have revealed you[a] to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:6 Greek have revealed your name; also in 17:26.

15 “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!

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Jesus Is Coming

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22:7 Or scroll; also in 22:9, 10, 18, 19.

22 And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.[a] Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.[b] 23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:22a Or not the Messiah.
  2. 2:22b Or the antichrist.

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