1 "And
to the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of
God, and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name
that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 'Wake
up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have
not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 3 'Remember
therefore what F1
you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. If
therefore you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not
know at what hour I will come upon you. 4 'But
you have a few people F2
in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they
will walk with Me in white; for they are worthy. 5 'He
who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase
his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father,
and before His angels. 6 '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: He who is holy, who is true,
who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no
one opens, says this: 8 'I know your
deeds. F3 Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut,
because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My
name. 9 'Behold, I will cause F4
those
of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie--
behold, I will make them to come and bow down at F5
your feet, and to know that I
have loved you. 10 'Because
you have kept the word of My perseverance, F6
I also will keep you from the hour
of testing, F7 that hour which is about to come upon the whole world,
F8 to test
F9 those who dwell upon the earth. 11 'I
am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, in order that no one take your
crown. 12 'He who overcomes, I will
make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it
anymore; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the
city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God,
and My new name. 13 '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 Amen, the faithful and true
Witness, the Beginning F10
of the creation of God, says this: 15 'I
know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold
or hot. 16 'So because you are
lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit F11 you out of My mouth. 17 'Because
you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of
nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and
poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise
you to buy from Me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich, and white
garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness
may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. 19 'Those
whom I love, I reprove and discipline; be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 'Behold,
I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I
will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21 'He
who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also
overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 'He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' "
Footnotes
F1Lit., how
F2Lit., names
F3Or, deeds
(behold . . . shut), that you
F4Lit., give
F5Lit., before
F6Or,
steadfastness
F7Or, temptation
F8Lit., inhabited
earth
F9Or, tempt
F10I.e., origin
or source
F11Lit., vomit
