 | George Eldon Ladd - 1972 - 316 страници
...to hold East to her good works of faith and love. We are reminded of the challenge to the Smyrneans: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:10). Verse 12. I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God is symbolic language which gives... | |
 | Adela Yarbro Collins - 1984 - 184 страници
...throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:9-10). The hostility and tension are high, but the break seems rather recent and not entirely irreparable.... | |
 | Douglas J. Moo - 1985 - 196 страници
...Revelation 2:10, a word of Jesus addressed to suffering Christians, closely parallels the thought here: 'Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.' Even when enduring the trial means physical death, life is the reward for those who love God. This... | |
 | Antonio Fuentes - 1987 - 278 страници
...faithful need do to obtain victory like their Master, is to persevere until the end. As our Lord promises: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev 2:10ff), for "behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay everyone for what he... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1985 - 208 страници
...of God and Christ (2 Pet. 1:11). c. With the Crown of Life In Revelation 2:10b the Lord Jesus says, "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." A crown in New Testament usage always denotes a prize in addition to salvation. The crown of life as... | |
 | David Ewert - 1988 - 196 страници
...killed, the adversary cannot kill the soul (Mt. 10:28). D. Christ's Call to Faithfulness (2:1 Ob, 11). "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." To remain faithful to Christ unto death means not only until the believer dies but also to remain true... | |
 | Virginia Sloyan - 1990 - 172 страници
...him/her for ever and ever. Gabe Huck T HE words of the first and the last, who died and came to life: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." Revelation 2:8, 10 THE use of crowns of foliage in the rites of the feast of Tabernacles is attested... | |
 | R. Alan Cole - 1989 - 350 страници
...reaching beyond the grave. There is therefore the same eschatological paradox as in Revelation 2:10, 'Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life'. The disciple, says Jesus, must hold fast right to the end in order to be saved: but, as Paul says,... | |
 | Cyprianus - 1984 - 402 страници
...end they have borne unsullied and unspotted their meritorious deeds of valour. Again it is written: Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life.11 They have persevered faithful unto death, unshakeable and invincible. When to willingness on... | |
 | Living Stream Ministry - 1993 - 296 страници
...overcome in this epistle means to overcome persecution by being faithful unto death. The Lord said, ["Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:10b). Here, as elsewhere in the New Testament, the crown denotes a prize in addition to salvation.... | |
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Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. 
