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OET (OET-LV) Be_becoming watching, and strengthen the other things, which were_going to_die_off, because/for not I_have_found of_you works, having_been_fulfilled before the god of_me.
OET (OET-RV) So wake up from the dead and strengthen what’s left and was about to die, because your actions have been inadequate in God’s sight.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
γίνου γρηγορῶν
/be/_becoming watching
Jesus is speaking as if the believers in Sardis were asleep and needed to wake up. He means that they are complacent and need to become concerned about their spiritual state. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Become concerned about your spiritual state]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
στήρισον τὰ λοιπὰ, ἃ ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν
strengthen the other_‹things› which /were/_going /to/_die_off
When Jesus says that there are some remaining things in Sardis that are about to die, as in the previous verse, he is speaking of the absence of spiritual vibrancy as if it were literally death. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [strengthen the few things about you that are still spiritually vibrant]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
οὐ γὰρ εὕρηκά σου τὰ ἔργα, πεπληρωμένα
not for ˱I˲_/have/_found ˱of˲_you (Some words not found in SR-GNT: γίνου γρηγορῶν καὶ στήρισον τὰ λοιπὰ ἃ ἔμελλον ἀποθανεῖν οὐ γὰρ εὕρηκά σου ἔργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ μου)
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [I have not found that you have completed your works]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ μου
before the God ˱of˲_me
Here the expression before my God means “in front of my God,” that is, “where my God can see them.” Sight, in turn, represents attention, perspective, and judgment. Alternate translation: [from my God’s perspective]
3:1-6 The letter to the church in Sardis warns Christians who are reputed to be spiritually alive (when actually dead) that without genuine transformation they face God’s judgment.
OET (OET-LV) Be_becoming watching, and strengthen the other things, which were_going to_die_off, because/for not I_have_found of_you works, having_been_fulfilled before the god of_me.
OET (OET-RV) So wake up from the dead and strengthen what’s left and was about to die, because your actions have been inadequate in God’s sight.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.