Revelation 2:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

Tribulation

Poverty

The blasphemy

Luke 22:65

Acts 26:11

1 Timothy 1:13

Which

Romans 2:17

Romans 9:6

The synagogue

Revelation 3:9

General references

Matthew 6:20

1 Corinthians 3:14

Bible References

Tribulation

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

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.

since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,

Poverty

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.

Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

The blasphemy

And they were saying many other [things] against him, reviling [him].

And throughout all the synagogues I punished them often [and] tried to force [them] to blaspheme, and [because I] was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing [them] even as far as to foreign cities.

[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Which

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,

The synagogue

Behold, I am causing [those] of the synagogue of Satan, the ones who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying--behold, I will make them {come} and kneel down before your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

General references

but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.

If anyone's work that he has built upon [it] remains, he will receive a reward.