Revelation 3:19

Revelation 3:19. As many as I love I convict and chasten. The ‘I' before ‘convict' is very emphatic, ‘I, who though I was rich became poor, who bought true riches by suffering and death,' For the force of ‘convict' comp. note on John 16:8.

Be zealous therefore, and repent. ‘Be zealous' comes first, because it relates to a general change of spirit. Were specifically Christian zeal in view, repentance ought to take precedence. The tenses in the original deserve notice, the first expressing the general habit, the second the decisive act.