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Patience (hupomenēs). “Endurance” as in Rev 13:10; Rev 14:12 as also in 2Th 3:5.
Thou didst keep (etērēsas) - I also will keep (kagō tērēsō). Aorist active indicative and future active corresponding to each other. For a like play on the tenses of this verb by Christ see Joh 17:6 (tetērēkan), Joh 17:11 (tērēson), Joh 17:12 (etēroun).
From the hour of trial (ek tēs hōras tou peirasmou). This use of ek after tēreō in Joh 17:15, apo in Jam 1:27. Trial brings temptation often (Jam 1:2, Jam 1:13). Jesus endured (Heb 12:1.) and he will help them. There is still a church in Philadelphia in spite of the Turks.
Which is to come (tēs mellousēs erchesthai). Agreeing with hōras (feminine), not with peirasmou (masculine).
Upon the whole world (epi tēs epoikoumenēs holēs). The inhabited earth (gēs) as in Rev 12:9; Luk 2:1; Act 16:6, etc.), not the physical earth, but the world of men as explained by the next clause.
To try (peirasai). First aorist active infinitive of purpose from peirazō, probably to tempt (cf. the demons in 9:1-21), not merely to afflict (Rev 2:10).
That dwell upon the earth (tous katoikountas epi tēs gēs). Present active articular participle of katoikeō, explaining “the whole world” just before.