Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Ver. 2. Be watchful] Rouse up thyself, and wrestle with God, shake thee out of sin's lethargy, as Samson went out and shook him when the Philistines were upon him.
That are ready to die] Because tainted with the infection of hypocrisy, that pernicious mangood.
Perfect before God] Gr. full, without halting or halving. Omnis Sarmatarum virtus extra ipsos. (Tacitus.) All the hypocrite's goodness runs outward; it is shored up by popularity, or other base respects.