Revelation 3:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut, because you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I know thy works: behold, I have set befo thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little stngth, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I know{G1492} thy{G4675} works{G2041} (behold,{G2400} I have set{G1325} before{G1799} thee{G4675} a door{G2374} opened,{G455} which{G2532} none{G3762} can{G1410} shut),{G2808} {G846} that{G3754} thou hast{G2192} a little{G3398} power,{G1411} and{G2532} didst keep{G5083} my{G3450} word,{G3056} and{G2532} didst{G720} not{G3756} deny{G720} my{G3450} name.{G3686}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I know{G1492}{(G5758)} thy{G4675} works{G2041}: behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, I have set{G1325}{(G5758)} before{G1799} thee{G4675} an open{G455}{(G5772)} door{G2374}, and{G2532} no man{G3762} can{G1410}{(G5736)} shut{G2808}{(G5658)} it{G846}: for{G3754} thou hast{G2192}{(G5719)} a little{G3398} strength{G1411}, and{G2532} hast kept{G5083}{(G5656)} my{G3450} word{G3056}, and{G2532} hast{G720} not{G3756} denied{G720}{(G5662)} my{G3450} name{G3686}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I knowe thy workes. Beholde I have set before the an open doore and no man can shut it for thou haste a lyttell strengthe and haste kept my sayinges: and haste not denyed my name.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I knowe thy workes. Beholde, I haue set before the an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a lyttell strength and hast not denyed my name.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litle strength and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I knowe thy workes: Beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a litle strength, & hast kept my sayinges: and hast not denyed my name.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ‘I know your deeds.(Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 16:9 : 9 For a great and effective door has been opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
  • 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened for me in the Lord,
  • Luke 12:9 : 9 But whoever denies Me before others will be denied before the angels of God.
  • Col 4:3 : 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
  • John 17:6 : 6 I have revealed Your name to the people You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open.
  • Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Rev 3:15 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan dwells.
  • Rev 3:1 : 1 To the angel of the church in Sardis, write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.
  • Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release Him. 14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
  • 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith.
  • 1 John 2:22-23 : 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
  • John 14:21-24 : 21 The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, 'Lord, how is it that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?' 23 Jesus answered, 'If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.' 24 The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
  • Dan 11:34 : 34 When they stumble, they will receive some help, but many who join them will do so with hypocrisy.
  • Matt 26:70-72 : 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." 71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to those standing there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72 And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man!"
  • 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
  • Rev 22:7 : 7 Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this book.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rev 3:1-7
    7 verses
    86%

    1 To the angel of the church in Sardis, write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

    2 Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die. For I have not found your works complete in the sight of God.

    3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it and repent. If you are not alert, I will come unexpectedly like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

    4 Yet you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

    5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never blot out their name from the book of life. I will confess their name before my Father and before His angels.

    6 Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

    7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open.

  • Rev 3:9-22
    14 verses
    76%

    9 Look, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are not—they are liars—come and bow down before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

    10 Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.

    11 I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.

    12 The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and they will never go out again. I will write on them the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.

    13 Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

    14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.

    15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.

    16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

    17 Because you say, 'I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I don’t need anything,' yet you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

    18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

    19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

    20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.

    21 The one who conquers I will grant to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on His throne.

    22 Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

  • Rev 2:1-5
    5 verses
    73%

    1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:

    2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.

    3 You have endured and have shown perseverance, and for my name’s sake, you have labored and have not grown weary.

    4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

    5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

  • Rev 2:7-10
    4 verses
    72%

    7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

    8 To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life:

    9 I know your works, your tribulation, and your poverty (though you are rich), and the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

    10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

  • Rev 2:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

    18 To the angel of the church in Thyatira, write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze:

    19 I know your deeds, your love, your faith, your service, and your perseverance, and that your latter deeds are greater than your first.

  • Rev 1:11
    69%

    11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

  • Rev 2:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 To the angel of the church in Pergamum, write: These are the words of the one who has the sharp, double-edged sword:

    13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan dwells.

  • Rev 2:23-26
    4 verses
    68%

    23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

    24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching and who have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, I say: I will not impose any other burden on you.

    25 But hold fast to what you have until I come.

    26 To the one who is victorious and does my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations—

  • Isa 22:22
    68%

    22 I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. What he opens, no one will shut; what he shuts, no one will open.

  • 2 Cor 2:12
    68%

    12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened for me in the Lord,

  • 1 Cor 16:9
    68%

    9 For a great and effective door has been opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

  • Luke 13:25
    68%

    25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

  • Rev 2:29
    67%

    29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

  • Col 4:3
    67%

    3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

  • Rev 1:3
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    3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, for the time is near.

  • Rev 1:20
    66%

    20 The mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

  • Rev 1:18
    66%

    18 'the living One. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'

  • Ezek 44:2
    66%

    2 And the LORD said to me, 'This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one may enter through it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore, it shall remain shut.'