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|Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

|Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

|Because you have kept the word of My patience, I will also keep you out of the Hour of the Test, that will come upon the entire inhabited world, to test all the earth-dwellers.

|Because you have kept the word of My patience, I will also keep you out of the Hour of the Test, that will come upon the entire inhabited world, to test all the earth-dwellers.

|The Greek '''οικουμενη''' (''oikoumene'', whence "ecumenical") means "the inhabited world." Originally it means the territory over which the [[Roman Empire]] held sway. Today it means everywhere that men live and work on earth.

|The use of ''ek'' with the ablative connotes taking someone out of a place where he already is. It refers to the Rapture (literally, "Big Snatch") of the Church at the end of the Church Age. Because the word for ''church'' does not appear after the end of this chapter, many Bible scholars interpret this verse to fix the Rapture as occurring ''before'' the Great Oppression ("Tribulation") to come.

 

The Greek '''οικουμενη''' (''oikoumene'', whence "ecumenical") means "the inhabited world." Originally it means the territory over which the [[Roman Empire]] held sway. Today it means everywhere that men live and work on earth.

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