Revelation 1:9

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Summary

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Companion

In the

For the word

Revelation 19:10

General references

Luke 21:19

Bible References

Companion

'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.

And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.

just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, [since] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.

Nevertheless you have done well by sharing with me in my affliction.

Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with [me] for the gospel, according to the power of God,

Suffer together with [me] as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

In the

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

If anyone [is going] into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone [is] to be killed by the sword, by the sword he [is] to be killed. Here is the patient endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and toward the patient endurance of Christ.

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.

For the word

who testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,

And when they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war with them and will conquer them and will kill them.

And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives until death.

And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

General references

By your patient endurance you will gain your lives.