Places of the Bible

Philadelphia

Asia · New Testament · 2 verses

A city in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor, southeast of Sardis. The name appears in Revelation in the King James text.

About Philadelphia

A city in the region of Lydia in Asia Minor, southeast of Sardis.

Its place in the story

Philadelphia is one of the seven churches of Revelation. The church was commended for keeping Christ's word and was promised an open door that no one could shut.

Philadelphia in Scripture (KJV)

“Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:11 (KJV)

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”

Revelation 3:7 (KJV)

Where it leads

To Philadelphia the risen Christ set before it an open door and promised to keep it in the hour of trial.

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