1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of himiSee ch. 1:4, 16 who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works. You have the reputationj1 Tim. 5:6 of being alive,kSee Luke 15:24 but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your workslActs 14:26 complete in the sight of my God. 3 m[2 Tim. 1:13] Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up,nch. 2:5 I will comeoch. 16:15; Matt. 24:43; 1 Thess. 5:2, 4; 2 Pet. 3:10 like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have notpJude 23 soiled their garments, and they will walk with meqch. 6:11; 7:9; [Eccles. 9:8] in white, for they arer[Luke 20:35] worthy. 5 sSee ch. 2:7 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will nevertSee Ex. 32:32 blot his name out ofuch. 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27; Phil. 4:3 the book of life.vMatt. 10:32; Luke 12:8 I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 p[See ch. 2:7 above] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ’
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words ofwch. 6:10 the holy one,xver. 14; ch. 19:11; 1 John 5:20 the true one,yIsa. 22:22; [Luke 1:32] who has the key of David,zJob 12:14; [Matt. 16:19] who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
8 I know your works. Behold, I have set before youaActs 14:27; 1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12; Col. 4:3 an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those ofbch. 2:9 the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold,c[Isa. 45:14; 49:23; 60:14] I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn thatdIsa. 43:4 I have loved you. 10 ech. 1:9; 2 Pet. 2:9 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to tryfch. 6:10; 8:13; 11:10; 13:8, 14; 17:8 those who dwell on the earth. 11 gch. 22:7, 12, 20 I am coming soon.hch. 2:25 Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seizeich. 2:10 your crown. 12 jSee ch. 2:7 The one who conquers, I will make himk1 Kgs. 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17; Jer. 1:18; Gal. 2:9; [Ps. 23:6; 27:4] a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on himlch. 14:1; 22:4 the name of my God, andmch. 21:2; Ezek. 48:35; [Gal. 4:26; Heb. 12:22] the name of the city of my God,mch. 21:2; Ezek. 48:35; [Gal. 4:26; Heb. 12:22] the new Jerusalem,nch. 21:10 which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my ownoch. 2:17 new name. 13 p[See ch. 2:7 above] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ’
14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of thep2 Cor. 1:20 Amen,qver. 7; ch. 1:5; 19:11; 22:6 the faithful and true witness,rCol. 1:15, 18; [ch. 21:6; 22:13; Prov. 8:22] the beginning of God's creation.
15 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot.s[2 Pet. 2:21] Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 tHos. 12:8; Zech. 11:5; 1 Cor. 4:8 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor,uJohn 9:39-41; Eph. 1:18 blind, and naked. 18 I counsel youvIsa. 55:1; Matt. 13:44; 25:9; [Prov. 8:19] to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, andw[ch. 19:8]; See ver. 4 white garments so that you may clothe yourself andxch. 16:15 the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes,u[See ver. 17 above] so that you may see. 19 ySee Heb. 12:6 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door andz[Song 5:2] knock.aLuke 12:36 If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,bJohn 14:23; [Luke 24:29, 30] I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 cSee ch. 2:7 The one who conquers,dch. 20:4; [ch. 2:26; John 12:26; 2 Tim. 2:12]; See Matt. 19:28 I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, asech. 5:5; 6:2; 17:14; John 16:33 I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 p[See ch. 2:7 above] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ’ ”