Revelation 3:2

To the Church in Sardis

1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

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Berean Standard Bible
Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
American Standard Version (1901)
Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.
Bible in Basic English
Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. For I find not thy works full before my God.
Free Bible Version
Wake up, and try to revive what is left that's about to die! For I have discovered that from the perspective of my God, nothing you've done has been finished.
Geneva Bible 1599
Be awake, and strengthen the things which remaine, that are readie to die: for I haue not found thy workes perfite before God.
King James (Authorized) Version
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Translation for Translators
Become aware of your spiritual need as though you were awaking from sleep [MET], and strengthen yourself spiritually, because you are so useless that you are like someone who is about to die [MET]. You must do this because I know that my God considers that nothing that you do is satisfactory.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Wake up and strengthen what remains, but is about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.
Noah Webster Bible
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
World English Bible
Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
Young's Literal Translation
become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.