{Fear not} (m(8820)phobou). As in  1:17 . Worse things are
about to come than poverty and blasphemy, perhaps prison and
death, for the devil "is about to cast" (mellei ballein), "is
going to cast." {Some of you} (ex hum(936e)). Without 	inas
(some) before ex hum(936e), a common idiom as in  3:9  11:19  Lu
11:49 . {That ye may be tried} (hina peirasth(8874)e). Purpose
clause with hina and the first aorist passive subjunctive of
peiraz(935c). John himself is in exile. Peter and John had often
been in prison together. James the brother of John, Paul, and
Peter had all suffered martyrdom. In  3:10  a general persecution
is outlined by peirasmos. {Ye shall have} (hexete). Future
active, but some MSS. read ech(8874)e (present active subjunctive
with hina, "that ye may have"). {Tribulation ten days} (	hlipsin
h(886d)er(936e) deka). "Tribulation of ten days" (or "within ten days").
It is unwise to seek a literal meaning for ten days. Even ten
days of suffering might seem an eternity while they lasted. {Be
thou faithful} (ginou pistos). "Keep on becoming faithful"
(present middle imperative of ginomai), "keep on proving
faithful unto death" ( Heb 12:4 ) as the martyrs have done (Jesus
most of all). {The crown of life} (	on stephanon t(8873) z(9388)s). See
this very image in  Jas 1:12 , a familiar metaphor in the games
at Smyrna and elsewhere in which the prize was a garland. See
also  3:11 . The crown consists in life ( 2:7 ). See Paul's use
of stephanos in  1Co 9:25  2Ti 4:8 .