Revelation 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.

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  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
  • Jas 1:3-4 : 3 Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope; 4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
  • Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come. 8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors. 10 Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord. 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
  • 2 Pet 1:6 : 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
  • Luke 14:27 : 27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
  • John 15:21 : 21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
  • Rom 5:3-4 : 3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting; 4 And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
  • Rom 8:25 : 25 But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
  • Rom 15:4-5 : 4 Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope. 5 Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
  • 1 Cor 13:7 : 7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • 2 Thess 3:13 : 13 And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.
  • 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.
  • 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
  • 2 Cor 10:15 : 15 Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
  • Ps 69:7 : 7 I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
  • Mark 15:21 : 21 And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.
  • Rom 16:12 : 12 Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.
  • Heb 12:3-5 : 3 Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose. 4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin: 5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
  • Heb 13:13 : 13 Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.
  • 1 Cor 16:16 : 16 That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.
  • 1 Thess 5:12 : 12 But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

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    1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:

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    18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass:

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    20 But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

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    10 Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

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  • Rev 2:4-6
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    4 But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.

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    3 Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.

    4 But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.

    5 He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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    10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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    3 Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

    4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

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    3 Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

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    5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

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    15 And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

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    13 And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

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    22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.