The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

“This is what the holy one, the true one, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says: ‘I know your works (behold, I have put before you an opened door that no one is able to shut[a]) that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and did not deny my name.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:8 Literally “to shut it,” but the direct object is not translated here in keeping with English style