But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
Parallel translations
- WEB Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
- BSB Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
- NKJV But hold fast what you have till I come.
- NASB Nevertheless what you have, hold firmly until I come.
- NLT except that you hold tightly to what you have until I come.
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Quick answer
He calls them simply to hold fast what they have until he comes. It matters because perseverance, not novelty, is the path of faithfulness.
Overview
The faithful are urged to maintain their sound faith and conduct firmly until Christ returns. No new demand is added beyond steadfastness. The forward look to his coming gives endurance its motive and hope.
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Cross-references · 16
- Rev 3:11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
- Rev 3:3Remember 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.
- Heb 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- Rev 22:7Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
- 1 Th 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- Rom 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- Rev 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
- Rev 22:20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
- John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
- Heb 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- John 21:22–23Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
- Heb 4:14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
- 2 Pet 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
- 1 Cor 11:26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
- Acts 11:28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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