...has its limit. Not Satan but God has the last word. In a memorable expression the church is exhorted. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life (cf. Jas. 1:12). Death, which people fear so much, is set in sharp antithesis to life, which alone...

...together to glorify you. Remember to accept one another, just as Christ accepted you. 92 Rev. 2:10: "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you a crown of life." Vv hen my father managed a county farm, mother served as home manager for in-house...

...suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of 'death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be...

...live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him" (II Tim. 2:11-12). Or, "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev. 2:10). Or again, "He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and...

...who have longed for his appearing" (2 Tim. 4:7-8). The exalted Christ wrote to the church at Smyrna: "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev. 2:1 Ob). Bill Colsher waited over 40 years for his reward. You may have to wait until the Day of the...

...Shepherd is manifested, you will obtain the unfading crown of glory. (1 Peter 5:4.) Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10.) In the first quotation the crown of righteousness is explicitly the reward conferred by the divine...

...one's personal death. We need to bear in mind our Lord's words to the persecuted church of Smyrna: "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev 2: 10). In verse 39, the writer places himself in the picture again, but this time identified clearly...

...I tell you the Devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution... Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev. 2:9,10). And to the church of Philadelphia He said, "I have placed before you an open door that no...

...suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer. . . . Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelation 2: 10) This is the message of Revelation: Hold on! Those who are being killed have not...

...suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev 2: 10). Now the very people who tried to uproot the idea of the mission are taking advantage of its...