Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ¹  with a deadly disease, ²  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ³  each one of you ⁴  what your deeds deserve. ⁵ 

Revelation 3:3

3:3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, ⁶  and obey it, ⁷  and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never ⁸  know at what hour I will come against ⁹  you.

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¹ tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

² tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

³ tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

⁴ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

⁵ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”

⁶ tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pw" eilhfa" kai hkousa") probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.

⁷ tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.

⁸ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).

⁹ tn Or “come on.”