Revelation 3:10 (YLT)

Passage

`Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

Nearby Context

Revelation 3:8 I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door--opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

Revelation 3:9 lo, I make of the synagogue of the Adversary those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but do lie; lo, I will make them that they may come and bow before thy feet, and may know that I loved thee.

Revelation 3:10 `Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

Revelation 3:11 Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

Revelation 3:12 He who is overcoming--I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and without he may not go any more, and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that doth come down out of the heaven from my God--also my new name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "thou", "didst", "keep", "word", "endurance", "thee", and "hour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "lo I make of the synagogue of..." into verse 11's "Lo I come quickly be holding fast...", so "world" and "thou" 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 "world" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.