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Revelation 2:25

What does Revelation 2:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Revelation 2:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Revelation 2:25 means

Jesus’ command to the faithful is simple and strong: hold fast what you have until I come. Do not yield the ground you’ve gained—your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. His coming anchors their perseverance, whether understood as His intervention in history or His final return. The point is steadfastness under pressure, not anxious striving. What they possess is sufficient when gripped firmly. Christ’s presence and promise sustain ordinary obedience over time. Stability, not novelty, is the order of the day for those already walking in the truth.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But what you have, keep safe till I come.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

but that which ye have--hold ye, till I may come;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Yet that which you have, hold fast till I come.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

but what ye have hold fast till I shall come.

Context

This brief exhortation follows the relief of verse 24. It calls the faithful to steady perseverance, connecting present fidelity to future hope. The promises in verses 26–28 will elaborate what awaits the overcomer: shared authority with Christ and the gift of the morning star. The standard conclusion to hear what the Spirit says will close the letter and the chapter (verse 29).

v.24But to you I say, to the rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who know not the deep things of Satan, as they are wont to say; I cast upon you none other burden.

v.25This passage

v.26And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 10:23

    let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

  • John 21:22

    Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

  • Revelation 3:3

    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.

  • Hebrews 3:6

    but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

  • Revelation 1:7

    Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

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