Revelation 2:9

Christ knows Smyrna's affliction and poverty, yet calls them rich, and knows their slander from a 'synagogue of Satan.' It matters because true wealth is spiritual, and Christ sees every hardship.

Cross-references · 26

• Rev 3:9Look at 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.
• Jas 2:5–6Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
• Rom 9:6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
• 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• Rom 2:28–29A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
• 1 Tim 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
• Rev 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
• Luke 6:20Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Rev 3:17–18You 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.
• Rom 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
• Rom 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• Rom 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• 2 Cor 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
• 1 Tim 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
• 1 Th 3:4Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
• Luke 22:65And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Luke 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
• 2 Th 1:6–7After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• Rev 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Rom 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
• Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
• John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
• Matt 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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