Revelation 2:10 > Be Faithful unto Death

2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

---

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:

• ​Fear none = Do not be afraid
• those things = the words and actions of the false believers
  
• thou = the true believers
  
• suffer = endure insult, persecution, loss, injury
  

behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison,

• ​behold = mentally grasp, accept, understand
• the devil = Satan and his human forces of evil
• cast = throw, place
• prison = some literally into jail, and others figuratively by social isolation, being shunned

that ye may be tried;

• ​that = in order for
• ye = the true believers
• ​may be = will be
  
• tried = tested, strengthened, purified
• + text? it is a privilege to suffer with/for Christ

and ye shall have tribulation (for) ten days:

• ​and = in fact
• ye = the true believers of this church of this time
• tribulation = severe religious persecution, including the execution of true believers
• ten = full, complete (tested to the uttermost)
• days (prophetic) = literal years
• ^ This church will go through a severe testing of its faith for 10 years.
• ​Rome, Cesar, 300-310 AD
  

be thou faithful unto death,

• ​be thou = the true believers are those who are
• faithful = devoted to God, true, do not compromise
  
• unto = even to the point of or in the event of
  
• death = execution, martyrdom ( as Jesus was faithful to God)
  

and I will give thee a crown of life.

• ​I = Jesus Christ
• thee = the true believer
  
• crown = personal emblem, reward, honor
• life = eternal life with Jesus Christ

---

2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

---

​​<< Previous -- Forward >>