Revelation 2:25

25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’

Revelation 2:25 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
English Standard Version (ESV)
25 Only hold fast what you have until I come.
New Living Translation (NLT)
25 except that you hold tightly to what you have until I come.
The Message Bible (MSG)
25 Hold on to the truth you have until I get there.
American Standard Version (ASV)
25 Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
25 Just hold on to what you have until I come.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
25 But hold on to what you have until I come.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
25 Just hold on to what you have until I come.

Revelation 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 2:25

But that which ye have [already]
Which was something good, even the faithful word, the form of sound words, the mystery and doctrine of faith; this they had received from Christ and his apostles; they had it in their hearts, and a comfortable experience of the truth and power of it, and had made a profession of it, which they now held, and are here exhorted to hold fast:

hold fast till I come;
meaning the coming of Christ, either at the Reformation by Luther, Calvin, and others, which began at the close of this church state, when the hands and hearts of those professors would be more strengthened, which seems to be the first sense of the words; or to judge Jezebel, destroy antichrist, which will be by the brightness of his coming; till which time the doctrine of the Gospel is to be held fast: and such an exhortation will be always necessary, since, till then, there will be always more or less an opposition to it, and attempts made to wrest it out of the hands of its professors, to cause them to hesitate about it, and to intimidate them in the profession of it, by loading them with reproaches, calumnies, and persecution.

Revelation 2:25 In-Context

23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,
25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.

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