Revelation 3:19 (GNV)

Passage

As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.

Nearby Context

Revelation 3:17 For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.

Revelation 3:18 I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.

Revelation 3:19 As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the doore, and knocke. If any man heare my voice and open ye doore, I wil come in vnto him, and will suppe with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:21 To him that ouercommeth, will I graunt to sit with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and sit with my Father in his throne.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "loue", "rebuke", "chasten", "zealous", "therefore", and "amend". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "loue" and "rebuke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "I counsell thee to bye of me..." into verse 20's "Behold I stand at the doore and...", so "loue" and "rebuke" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "loue" and "rebuke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.