Revelation 2:25 - Exposition

Howbeit . Not simply ἀλλά or δέ , but πλήν , which occurs nowhere else in St. John's writings. Although no other burden than this is imposed, yet remember what it implies. Hold fast the love, and faith, and service, and patience, and the growth in these virtues, for which thou hast been commended (verse 19). Comp. Revelation 3:11 , where a similar charge is given to the Church at Philadelphia. The Greek for "till I come" is remarkable— ἄχρις οὗ ἂν ἤξω ; where the ἂν conveys a touch of indefiniteness as to the date specified— until the time whensoever I shall come. We have a similar construction in 1 Corinthians 15:25 .