Revelation

¹To the angel of the Church in Ephesus write:

He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says these things:

²”I know your works, your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men. You have tested those who call themselves apostles although they are not and you have found them to be false. ³With perseverance you have endured much for my Name’s sake; you have²⁴⁴³ not grown weary. ⁴Still, I have this against you, that you have left your first love. ⁵Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works. Otherwise, I am coming to you swiftly²⁴⁴⁴ and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ⁶But you have this: that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ⁷Whoever has an ear should listen to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life which is in the Paradise of my God.”²⁴⁴⁵

To Smyrna

⁸To the angel of the Church in Smyrna write:

The first and the last, who was dead and who has come to life, says these things:

⁹”I know your works,²⁴⁴⁶ your affliction, and your poverty (but you are rich). I know the blasphemy of those who say that they are Jews even though they are not; instead, they are a synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰Do not be afraid of what you are about to endure. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to the point of death and I will give you the crown of life. ¹¹Whoever has an ear should listen to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.”

To Pergamum

¹²To the angel of the Church in Pergamum write:

He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

¹³”I know your works²⁴⁴⁷ and where you live, which is where Satan’s throne is located. You hold firmly to my Name and you have not denied my faith in the days that Antipas [was] my faithful witness,²⁴⁴⁸ who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. ¹⁴But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam. He was one who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.^{2449 15}Likewise, you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way²⁴⁵⁰. ¹⁶Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. ¹⁷Whoever has an ear should listen to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To the one who overcomes I will give [to eat] of the hidden manna and I will give a white stone. On the stone a new name is written, which no one knows²⁴⁵¹ but the one who receives it.”

To Thyatira

¹⁸To the angel of the Church in Thyatira write:

The Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, whose feet are like fine brass, says these things:

¹⁹”I know your works, love, faith, service, and patient endurance; and I know that your last works are more abundant than the first ones. ²⁰But I have a few things against you, because you tolerate your woman²⁴⁵² Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess. She seduces my bondservants by teaching them to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. ²²Behold, I will throw her into a bed [of pain] and I will throw those who commit adultery with her into great suffering, unless they repent of her works. ²³I will kill her children with death and all the Churches will know that I am the one who searches the minds and hearts. I will render to each one of you according to your deeds. ²⁴But to the rest of you in Thyatira, those who do not follow this teaching and who do not know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ to you I say this: I am not putting any other burden on you. ²⁵Nevertheless, hold on to what you have with determination until I come. ²⁶To the one who overcomes and who keeps my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations. ²⁷He will rule the nations with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots,²⁴⁵³ as I also have received of my Father; ²⁴⁵⁴²⁸and I will give²⁴⁵⁵ him the morning star. ²⁹Whoever has an ear should listen to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches.”

To Sardis

2443. Other manuscripts add “worked hard and”
2444. CT omits “swiftly”
2445. CT and TR read “God” instead of “my God”—Compare 2 Corinthians 12:1-4
2446. CT omits “works”
2447. CT omits “your works”
2448. Greek ma,rtuj, (also meaning martyr)
2449. Compare Acts 15:20
2450. TR reads “which I hate” instead of “in the same way”
2451. TR reads “knew”
2452. or “wife”
2453. Psalm 2:9
2454. CT moves “as I also have received of my Father” to the beginning of verse 28.
2455. Or possibly “I will appoint him as”