วิวรณ์ 3:3
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.
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Study Note
'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' — the warning to Sardis employs the thief-in-the-night metaphor (1 Thessalonians 5:2; Matthew 24:43) specifically for an unaware local congregation rather than globally for unbelievers, suggesting that spiritual sleep is possible even within the visible church. The threefold command — remember, hold fast, repent — presents recovery from spiritual deadness as an active, multi-stage process rather than a single dramatic turnaround. The verse has been formative in the theology of 'nominal Christianity' and the need for ongoing renewal within existing church communities.
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Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
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