Revelation 3:8 (YLT)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

Revelation 3:6 He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Revelation 3:7 `And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "known", "works", "before", "thee", "door--opened", "able", "shut", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "known" and "works", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And to the messenger of the assembly..." into verse 9's "lo I make of the synagogue of...", so "known" and "works" 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 "known" and "works" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.