Revelation 3:11

Christ is coming quickly; they must hold fast so no one takes their crown. It matters because perseverance guards the reward Christ has promised.

Cross-references · 18

• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
• Rev 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
• Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Rev 2:25Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
• 1 Pet 5:3–4not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
• 2 Tim 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
• 2 Tim 2:5Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
• Rev 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
• Rev 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
• Rev 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
• 1 Cor 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
• Rev 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
• Rev 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Rev 4:4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
• Rev 22:7“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
• Zeph 1:14The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
• Jas 5:9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
• Phil 4:5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

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