Revelation 3:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Remember

2 Peter 3:1

And hold

I will

2 Peter 3:10

Know

Matthew 25:13

Mark 13:33

General references

Matthew 24:36

Luke 12:39

1 Corinthians 11:31

Bible References

Remember

Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins (repent) and do what you did at first. If you do not turn from your sins, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place.

You will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you, even though this was not part of my covenant with you.'

There you will remember the way you lived and everything you did to dishonor yourselves. You will be disgusted by every wrong thing that you did.

Then you will remember your evil ways and the bad things that you did. You will hate yourselves for all these wicked and disgusting things.

Pay close attention to the things heard so we do not drift away.

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by reminding you.

This is the second letter I write to you, beloved. I stimulate your memory in each letter.

And hold

I come quickly: hold fast what you have so that no one will take your crown.

Just hold on to what you have until I come.

O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Turn away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from opposition and from false knowledge.

Hold firmly to the true words that I taught you, as the example for you to follow. Remain in the faith and love that are ours in union with Christ Jesus.

I will

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and they see his shame.

Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come.

Know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

For you know perfectly that the Day of Jehovah will come like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14)

The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)

Know

Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time.

General references

No one knows the day and the hour (the period of time). The angels of heaven do not know. The Son does not know. Only the Father knows!

Know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.