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General Information:
This is the beginning of the Son of Man's message to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
This is the name of a city in the western part of Asia that today is modern Turkey. See how you translated this in Revelation 1:11. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
key of David
Jesus speaks of his authority to decide who may go into his kingdom as if it were King David's key. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)
he opens and no one shuts
"he opens the door to the kingdom and no one can close it"
he shuts and no one can open
"he closes the door and no one can open it"
I have put before you an open door
"I have opened a door for you"
you have obeyed my word
Possible meanings are 1) "you have followed by teachings" or 2) "you have obeyed my commands"
my name
The word "name" here is is a metonym for the person who has that name. AT: "me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)