...to hold East to her good works of faith and love. We are reminded of the challenge to the Smyrneans: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:10). Verse 12. I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God is symbolic language which gives...

...throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:9-10). The hostility and tension are high, but the break seems rather recent and not entirely irreparable....

...Revelation 2:10, a word of Jesus addressed to suffering Christians, closely parallels the thought here: 'Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.' Even when enduring the trial means physical death, life is the reward for those who love God. This...

...faithful need do to obtain victory like their Master, is to persevere until the end. As our Lord promises: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev 2:10ff), for "behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay everyone for what he...

...of God and Christ (2 Pet. 1:11). c. With the Crown of Life In Revelation 2:10b the Lord Jesus says, "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." A crown in New Testament usage always denotes a prize in addition to salvation. The crown of life as...

...killed, the adversary cannot kill the soul (Mt. 10:28). D. Christ's Call to Faithfulness (2:1 Ob, 11). "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." To remain faithful to Christ unto death means not only until the believer dies but also to remain true...

...him/her for ever and ever. Gabe Huck T HE words of the first and the last, who died and came to life: "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." Revelation 2:8, 10 THE use of crowns of foliage in the rites of the feast of Tabernacles is attested...

...reaching beyond the grave. There is therefore the same eschatological paradox as in Revelation 2:10, 'Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life'. The disciple, says Jesus, must hold fast right to the end in order to be saved: but, as Paul says,...

...end they have borne unsullied and unspotted their meritorious deeds of valour. Again it is written: Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life.11 They have persevered faithful unto death, unshakeable and invincible. When to willingness on...

...overcome in this epistle means to overcome persecution by being faithful unto death. The Lord said, ["Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:10b). Here, as elsewhere in the New Testament, the crown denotes a prize in addition to salvation....