1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words ofech. 1:16, 20 him who holds the seven stars in his right hand,fch. 1:13 who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
2 gver. 19; ch. 3:1, 8, 15 I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, buthSee 1 John 4:1 have tested thoseiSee 2 Cor. 11:13 who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing upjJohn 15:21 for my name's sake, and youk[Heb. 12:3, 5] have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandonedlJer. 2:2 the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and domver. 2; [Heb. 10:32] the works you did at first. If not,nch. 3:3, 19 I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6 Yet this you have: you hate the works ofover. 15 the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 pver. 11, 17, 29; ch. 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.qch. 3:5; 21:7 To the one who conquers I will grant to eat ofrSee Gen. 2:9 the tree of life, which is insEzek. 28:13; 31:8 (Gk.) the paradise of God. ’
8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words oftSee ch. 1:17 the first and the last,uch. 1:18 who died and came to life.
9 I know your tribulation andvJames 2:5; [1 Tim. 6:18; Heb. 10:34; 11:26] your poverty (vJames 2:5; [1 Tim. 6:18; Heb. 10:34; 11:26] but you are rich) and the slander ofwch. 3:9, 10 those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison,w[See ver. 9 above] that you may be tested, and forx[Gen. 24:55; Dan. 1:12, 14] ten daysyMatt. 24:9 you will have tribulation.zSee Matt. 10:22; Heb. 3:6 Be faithfulach. 12:11 unto death, and I will give youbSee James 1:12 the crown of life. 11 cSee ver. 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.cSee ver. 7 The one who conquers will not be hurt bydch. 20:6, 14; 21:8 the second death. ’
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who hasever. 16; ch. 1:16 the sharp two-edged sword.
13 I know where you dwell,fver. 9 where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did notgSee 1 Tim. 5:8 deny my faith1Or your faith in me even in the days of AntipashActs 22:20 my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching ofiSee 2 Pet. 2:15 Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they mightjver. 20; Acts 15:29; 1 Cor. 8:10; 10:19 eat food sacrificed to idols andkNum. 25:1; 31:16; 1 Cor. 10:8 practice sexual immorality. 15 So also you have some who hold the teaching oflver. 6 the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent. If not,m[ch. 22:7] I will come to you soon andnSee 2 Thess. 2:8 war against them withe[See ver. 12 above] the sword of my mouth. 17 c[See ver. 11 above] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.c[See ver. 11 above] To the one who conquers I will give some ofo[John 6:48-50] the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, withpch. 3:12; Isa. 62:2; 65:15 a new name written on the stoneqch. 19:12; [ch. 14:3] that no one knows except the one who receives it. ’
18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God,rch. 1:14, 15 who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
19 sver. 2 I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that womant1 Kgs. 16:31; 21:25; 2 Kgs. 9:7 Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servantsuSee ver. 14 to practice sexual immorality anduSee ver. 14 to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, butv[ch. 9:20, 21; 16:9, 11]; See Rom. 2:4 she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am hewPs. 7:9; 26:2; Jer. 20:12; See Rom. 8:27 who searches mind and heart, andxSee Matt. 16:27 I will give to each of you as your works deserve. 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some cally[1 Cor. 2:10] the deep things of Satan, to you I say, Iz[Acts 15:28] do not lay on you any other burden. 25 Only hold fastach. 3:11 what you have until I come. 26 bSee ver. 7 The one who conquers and who keeps my workscSee Heb. 3:6 until the end,dPs. 2:8; [ch. 3:21; 20:4] to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 andePs. 2:9 he willfch. 12:5; 19:15 rule them with a rod of iron,gIsa. 30:14; Jer. 19:11 as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give himh[2 Pet. 1:19]; See ch. 22:16 the morning star. 29 p[See ver. 7 above] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ’