Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
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Gill's Exposition
Be watchful,.... Which may respect both ministers and members: the ministers of the Gospel, whose business is to watch over themselves, their conversation and doctrine, and watch every opportunity to…
Barnes' Notes
Be watchful - Be wakeful; be attentive and earnest - in contradistinction from the drowsy condition of the church. Strengthen the things which remain - The true piety that still lives and lingers…
Adam Clarke
Be watchful - Ye have lost ground by carelessness and inattention. Awake, and keep awake!
Strengthen the things which remain - The convictions and good desires, with any measure of the fear of God and…
Here is, I. The preface, showing, 1. To whom this letter is directed: To the angel of the church of Sardis, an ancient city of Lydia, on the banks of the mountain Tmolus, said to have been the chief…
Cambridge Bible
Be watchful Literally, Become watching: "awake and watch."]
the things which remain The elements of goodness, or means of goodness, which thou hast not yet lost. Cf. Rev 2:6, and the first note…
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