Revelation 3:18 BSB

Revelation 3:18

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

BSB

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ASV

I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

KJV

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

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Commentary

5 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I counsel thee - O fallen and deceived soul, hear Jesus! Thy case is not hopeless. Buy of me. Gold tried in the fire - Come and receive from me, without money and without price, faith that shall stand in every trial: so gold tried in the fire is here understood. But it may mean pure and undefiled religion, or that grace or Divine influence which produces it, which is more valuable to the soul than the purest gold to the body.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Gold purified in the fire - True, living faith, which is purified in the furnace of affliction. And white raiment - True holiness. And eyesalve - Spiritual illumination; the "unction of the Holy One," which teacheth all things.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) The condition of sinners in never desperate, while they enjoy the gracious calls and counsels of Christ. (3.) Our blessed Lord, the counsellor, always gives the best advice, and that which is most suitable to the sinner's case; as here, [1.] These people were poor; Christ counsels them to buy of him gold tried in the fire, that they might be rich.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1677: “A Great Mistake and the Way to Rectify It” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1882)

THESE words were spoken, not to the outside world, but to the Church of Laodicea. They relate to persons who were in a Church state, who had been baptized on confession of their faith in Christ and who were thought to be in a fine spiritual condition. They had a singularly high opinion of themselves and probably considered that of all the seven Churches in Asia, they were the first in power and influence.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As "gold tried in the fire" expresses faith tested by fiery trials: so "white raiment," Christ's righteousness imputed to the believer in justification and imparted in sanctification. appear--Greek, "be manifested," namely, at the last day, when everyone without the wedding garment shall be discovered. To strip one, is in the East the image of putting to open shame.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
συμβουλεύω	sumbouleuō	I counsel	G4823 →
σοι	soi	you	G4771 →
ἀγοράσαι	agorasai	to buy	G59 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	from	G3844 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	Me	G1473 →
χρυσίον	chrusion	gold	G5553 →
πεπυρωμένον	pepurōmenon	refined	G4448 →
ἐκ	ek	by	G1537 →
πυρὸς	puros	fire	G4442 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
πλουτήσῃς,	ploutēsēs	you may be rich,	G4147 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἱμάτια	himatia	garments	G2440 →
λευκὰ	leuka	white	G3022 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
περιβάλῃ,	peribalē	you may be clothed	G4016 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
φανερωθῇ	phanerōthēa	may be made manifest	G5319 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
αἰσχύνη	aischunē	shame	G152 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
γυμνότητός	gumnotētos	nakedness	G1132 →
σου,	sou	of you,	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κολλούριον	kollourion	eye-salve	G2854 →
ἐγχρῖσαι	egchrisai	to anoint	G1472 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμούς	ophthalmous	eyes	G3788 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
βλέπῃς.	blepēs	you may see.	G991 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 55:1
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
leads to
- John 7:37–38
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Revelation 21:6
  And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Revelation 22:17
  The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- John 4:10–14
  Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Through
1 Peter 1:7
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
leads to
- Job 23:10
  Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Isaiah 48:10
  See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

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