Thy tribulation and thy poverty (σου την θλιψιν κα πτωχειαν). Separate articles of same gender, emphasizing each item. The tribula…

I know your works. This is the uniform method of introducing these epistles, implying a most intimate acquaintance with all that related t…

I know your works.—Some would omit the word “works;” but the phrase I know your works is admitted to be genuine in five o…

The speaker’s knowledge is threefold: (1) He knows their “afflictions” (GK 2568—a word translated “persecution” in v.10). (2) He knows their “pover…

I know your works
Good works, as before in (Revelation 2:2);

and tribulation