Revelation 3:19

“As many as I love I rebuke and chasten, etc.] The persons the objects of Christ's love here intended are not angels, but the sons of men; and these not all of them, yet many of them, even all who are his own by his Father's gift and his own purchase; and who are called his church, and sometimes represented as such who love him and obey his commands: the instances of his love to them are many; as his suretyship engagements for them, his assumption of their nature, dying in their room and stead, paying their debts, procuring their peace and pardon, bringing in a righteousness for them, purchasing their persons, his intercession for them, preparations in heaven, supplies of grace, and frequent…”

“(Job 5:17; Pro 3:11-12; Heb 12:5-6.) So in the case of Manasseh (Ch2 33:11-13). As many--All. "He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. And shalt thou be an exception? If excepted from suffering the scourge, thou art excepted from the number of the sons" [AUGUSTINE]. This is an encouragement to Laodicea not to despair, but to regard the rebuke as a token for good, if she profit by it. I love--Greek, "philo," the love of gratuitous affection, independent of any grounds for esteem in the object loved. But in the case of Philadelphia (Rev 3:9), "I have loved thee" (Greek, "egapesa") with the love of esteem, founded on the judgment. Compare the note in my English Gnomon of BENGEL, Joh 21:15-17.…”

“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten - Of course, only on the supposition that they deserve it. The meaning is, that it is a proof of love on his part, if his professed friends go astray, to recall them by admonitions and by trials. So a father calls back his children who are disobedient; and there is no higher proof of his love than when, with great pain to himself, he administers such chastisement as shall save his child. See the sentiment here expressed fully explained in the notes on Hebrews 12:6. The language is taken from Proverbs 3:12. Be zealous therefore, and repent - Be earnest, strenuous, ardent in your purpose to exercise true repentance, and to turn from the error of your…”

“Whomsoever I love - Even thee, thou poor Laodicean! O how much has his unwearied love to do! I rebuke - For what is past. And chasten - That they may amend for the time to come. Revelation 3:20”

“3:19 Christ will correct and discipline those whom he loves (Prov 3:11-12; Heb 12:5-6), rather than rejecting them. His faithfulness extends even to the unfaithful (2 Tim 2:13).”

“many: Deu 8:5; Sa2 7:14; Job 5:17; Psa 6:1, Psa 39:11, Psa 94:10; Pro 3:11, Pro 3:12, Pro 15:10; Pro 15:32, Pro 22:15; Isa 26:16; Jer 2:30, Jer 7:28, Jer 10:24, Jer 30:11, Jer 31:18; Zep 3:2; Co1 11:32; Co2 6:9; Heb 12:5-11; Jam 1:12 be: Num 25:11-13; Psa 69:9; Joh 2:17; Rom 12:11; Co2 7:11; Gal 4:18; Tit 2:14 repent: Rev 2:5, Rev 2:21, Rev 2:22 Revelation 3:20”