Revelation · Majority Standard Bible
Revelation 3 Majority Standard Bible
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1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
1 Y ESCRIBE al ángel de la iglesia en SARDIS: El que tiene los siete Espíritus de Dios, y las siete estrellas, dice estas cosas: Yo conozco tus obras, que tienes nombre que vives, y estás muerto.
2 Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
2 Sé vigilante y confirma las otras cosas que están para morir; porque no he hallado tus obras perfectas delante de Dios.
3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
3 Acuérdate pues de lo que has recibido y has oído, y guárda[lo], y arrepiéntete. Y si no velares, vendré á ti como ladrón, y no sabrás en qué hora vendré á ti.
4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
4 Mas tienes unas pocas personas en Sardis que no han ensuciado sus vestiduras: y andarán conmigo en vestiduras blancas; porque son dignos.
5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
5 El que venciere, será vestido de vestiduras blancas; y no borraré su nombre del libro de la vida, y confesaré su nombre delante de mi Padre, y delante de sus ángeles.
6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
6 El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias.
7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut (except Him who opens) and no one can open.
7 Y escribe al ángel de la iglesia en FILADELFIA: Estas cosas dice el Santo, el Verdadero, el que tiene la llave de David, el que abre y ninguno cierra, y cierra y ninguno abre:
8 I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
8 Yo conozco tus obras: he aquí, he dado una puerta abierta delante de ti, la cual ninguno puede cerrar; porque tienes un poco de potencia, y has guardado mi palabra, y no has negado mi nombre.
9 As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
9 He aquí, yo doy de la sinagoga de Satanás, los que se dicen ser Judíos, y no lo son, mas mienten; he aquí, yo los constreñiré á que vengan y adoren delante de tus pies, y sepan que yo te he amado.
10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
10 Porque has guardado la palabra de mi paciencia, yo también te guardaré de la hora de la tentación que ha de venir en todo el mundo, para probar á los que moran en la tierra.
11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
11 He aquí, yo vengo presto; retén lo que tienes, para que ninguno tome tu corona.
12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
12 Al que venciere, yo lo haré columna en el templo de mi Dios, y nunca más saldrá fuera; y escribiré sobre él el nombre de mi Dios, y el nombre de la ciudad de mi Dios, la nueva Jerusalem, la cual desciende del cielo de con mi Dios, y mi nombre nuevo.
13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
13 El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias.
14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
14 Y escribe al ángel de la iglesia en LAODICEA: He aquí dice el Amén, el testigo fiel y verdadero, el principio de la creación de Dios:
15 I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
15 Yo conozco tus obras, que ni eres frío, ni caliente. ¡Ojalá fueses frío, ó caliente!
16 So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
16 Mas porque eres tibio, y no frío ni caliente, te vomitaré de mi boca.
17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
17 Porque tú dices: Yo soy rico, y estoy enriquecido, y no tengo necesidad de ninguna cosa; y no conoces que tú eres un cuitado y miserable y pobre y ciego y desnudo;
18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
18 Yo te amonesto que de mí compres oro afinado en fuego, para que seas hecho rico, y seas vestido de vestiduras blancas, para que no se descubra la vergüenza de tu desnudez; y unge tus ojos con colirio, para que veas.
19 Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
19 Yo reprendo y castigo á todos los que amo: sé pues celoso, y arrepiéntete.
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
20 He aquí, yo estoy á la puerta y llamo: si alguno oyere mi voz y abriere la puerta, entraré á él, y cenaré con él, y él conmigo.
21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
21 Al que venciere, yo le daré que se siente conmigo en mi trono; así como yo he vencido, y me he sentado con mi Padre en su trono.
22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
22 El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Timothy 5:6; James 2:26; Revelation 1:4; Colossians 2:13; Jude 12
- 2 Revelation 16:15; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:1–4; Isaiah 35:3
- 3 Revelation 2:5; 2 Peter 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Matthew 24:42–43; Revelation 16:15
- 4 Revelation 3:5; Revelation 7:9; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 7:13–14
- 5 Matthew 10:32; Revelation 21:27; Luke 12:8; Revelation 20:15; Revelation 20:12
- 6 Revelation 2:7
- 7 Isaiah 22:22; Matthew 16:19; Revelation 1:18; Job 12:14; John 14:6
- 8 1 Corinthians 16:9; Colossians 4:3; Revelation 3:7; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 2:12
- 9 Isaiah 60:14; Revelation 2:9; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 43:4
- 10 2 Peter 2:9; Revelation 14:12; Zechariah 13:9; Daniel 12:10; Revelation 2:10
- 11 James 1:12; Revelation 22:12; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 2:25; 2 Timothy 4:8
- 12 Revelation 22:4; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 14:1; Jeremiah 1:18; Galatians 2:9
- 13 Revelation 2:7
- 14 Colossians 1:15; Revelation 1:5; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Colossians 1:18; Revelation 3:7
- 15 Romans 12:11; Matthew 6:24; 1 Kings 18:21; James 1:8; Revelation 2:4
- 16 Revelation 2:5; Zechariah 11:8–9; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 15:1–4
- 17 Proverbs 13:7; Romans 7:24; Hosea 12:8; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 16:15
- 18 Revelation 16:15; 1 Peter 1:7; Isaiah 55:1; Revelation 19:8; Malachi 3:3
- 19 Proverbs 3:11–12; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:5–11; Job 5:17; Revelation 2:5
- 20 Luke 12:36–37; Revelation 19:9; John 14:21–23; Matthew 24:33; Song of Songs 5:2–4
- 21 2 Timothy 2:12; Matthew 19:28; Revelation 2:26–27; John 16:33; Revelation 2:7
- 22 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:13; Revelation 3:6
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