Revelation 3:8

behold. App-133.

set. given.

strength App-172.1; Rev 176:1.

hast kept. didst keep. Same word as "hold fast", Revelation 3:3.

word App-121.

hast not denied. didst not deny.

My name. In opposition to confessing (See Revelation 2:13) the name of the beast, Revelation 13:17; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:12.

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