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1 “To the angel
of the assembly
in Ephesus
write:
“He who holds
the seven stars
in his right
hand, he who
walks among the
seven golden lamp stands
says these
things:
2 “I know your
works, and your
toil and
perseverance, and
that you can’t
tolerate evil men,
and have tested
those who call
themselves apostles, and
they are not,
and found them
false.
3 You have
perseverance and
have endured for
my name’s
sake, and
have
not grown weary.
4 But I have
this against you,
that you left
your first love.
5 Remember therefore
from where you
have fallen, and
repent and do
the first works;
or else I
am coming to
you swiftly, and
will move
your lamp stand out
of its place,
unless you
repent.
6 But this you
have, that you
hate the works
of the
Nicolaitans, which
I also hate.
7 He who has
an ear, let
him hear what
the Spirit says
to the
assemblies. To
him who
overcomes I will
give to eat
from the tree
of life, which
is in the
Paradise of my
God.
8 “To the angel
of the assembly
in Smyrna
write:
“The first and
the last, who
was dead, and
has come to
life says these
things:
9 “I know
your works, oppression, and
your poverty (but
you are rich),
and the blasphemy
of those who
say they are
Jews, and they
are not, but
are a synagogue
of Satan.
10 Don’t be afraid
of the things
which you are
about to suffer.
Behold, the
devil is about
to throw some of
you into prison,
that you may
be tested; and
you will
have oppression for
ten days. Be
faithful to
death, and I
will give you
the crown of
life.
11 He who has
an ear, let
him hear what
the Spirit says
to the
assemblies. He
who overcomes won’t
be harmed by the
second death.
12 “To the angel
of the assembly
in Pergamum
write:
“He who has
the sharp
two-edged sword
says these
things:
13 “I know
your works and
where you dwell,
where Satan’s
throne is. You
hold firmly to
my name,
and didn’t deny
my faith in
the days
of Antipas my
witness, my
faithful one,
who was killed
among you, where
Satan dwells.
14 But I have
a few things
against you,
because you have
there some who
hold the
teaching of Balaam,
who taught Balak
to throw a
stumbling block
before the
children of
Israel, to eat
things sacrificed
to idols, and
to commit sexual
immorality.
15 So also you
likewise have
some who hold
to the teaching
of the
Nicolaitans.
16 Repent therefore,
or else I
am coming to
you quickly and
I will make
war against them
with the sword
of my mouth.
17 He who has
an ear, let
him hear what
the Spirit says
to the
assemblies. To
him who
overcomes, to
him I will
give of the
hidden manna,
and I will
give him a
white stone, and
on the stone
a new name
written which no
one knows but
he who receives
it.
18 “To the angel
of the assembly
in Thyatira
write:
“The Son of
God, who has
his eyes like
a flame of
fire, and his
feet are like
burnished brass,
says these
things:
19 “I know your
works, your love,
faith, service,
patient endurance,
and that your
last works are
more than the
first.
20 But I have
this against you,
that you tolerate
your
woman Jezebel,
who calls
herself a
prophetess. She
teaches and seduces
my servants to
commit sexual immorality
and to eat
things sacrificed
to idols.
21 I gave her
time to repent,
but she refuses
to repent of
her sexual
immorality.
22 Behold, I
will throw her
and those who
commit adultery
with her into
a bed of
great oppression, unless
they repent of
her works.
23 I will kill her
children with
Death, and all
the assemblies
will know that
I am he
who searches the
minds and hearts.
I will give
to each one
of you according
to your deeds.
24 But to you
I say, to
the rest who
are in
Thyatira—as many
as don’t have
this teaching,
who don’t know
what some
call ‘the deep
things of
Satan’—to you
I say, I
am not putting
any other burden
on you.
25 Nevertheless, hold
that which you
have firmly until I
come.
26 He who
overcomes, and
he who keeps
my works to
the end, to
him I will
give authority
over the nations.
27 He will rule
them with a
rod of iron,
shattering them like
clay pots,
as I also
have received of
my Father;
28 and I will
give him the
morning star.
29 He who has
an ear, let
him hear what
the Spirit says
to the
assemblies.