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Message to Sardis

¹ "To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in ^(F1)(C1)Sardis write: These are the words of Him who has ^(F2)(C2)the seven Spirits of God and ^(C3)the seven stars: '^(C4)I know your deeds; you have a name (reputation) that you are alive, but in reality you are ^(C5)dead.² 'Wake up, and strengthen and reaffirm what remains of your faithful commitment to Me, which is about to die; for I have not found any of your deeds completed in the sight of My God or meeting His requirements.³ 'So ^(C1)remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and ^(C1)repent change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin. So then, if you do not wake up, ^(C1)I will come ^(C2)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(C3)what hour I will come to you.⁴ 'But you still have a few ^(C1)people in ^(C2)Sardis who have not ^(C3)soiled their clothes that is, contaminated their character and personal integrity with sin; and they will walk with Me dressed ^(C4)in white, because they are worthy (righteous).⁵ '^(C1)He who overcomes the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God will accordingly be dressed in ^(C2)white clothing; and I will never ^(C3)blot out his name from the Book of Life, and ^(C4)I will confess and openly acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels saying that he is one of Mine. ^(VR1)6 '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Philadelphia

⁷ "And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in ^(F1)(C1)Philadelphia write: These are the words of ^(C2)the Holy One, ^(C3)the True One, He who has ^(C4)the key to the house of David, He who opens and no one will be able to shut, and He who shuts and no one opens: ^(VR1)

⁸ '^(C1)I know your deeds. See, I have set before you ^(C2)an open door which no one is able to shut, for you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^(C3)have not renounced or denied My name. ^(VR1)9 'Take note, I will make those of ^(C1)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^(C2)come and bow down at your feet and make them know without any doubt that ^(C3)I have loved you. ^(VR1)10 'Because you have ^(C1)kept the word of ^(C2)My endurance My command to persevere, ^(C3)I will keep you safe from the hour of ^(C4)trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole inhabited ^(C5)world, to test ^(C6)those who live on the earth. ^(VR1)11 '^(C1)I am coming quickly. ^(C2)Hold tight what you have, so that no one will take your ^(C3)crown by leading you to renounce the faith.¹² '^(C1)He who overcomes the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God, I will make him a ^(F1)(C2)pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the ^(C3)name of My God, and ^(C4)the name of the city of My God, ^(C5)the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My own ^(C6)new name. ^(VR1)13 '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴ "To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in ^(F1)(C1)Laodicea write: These are the words of ^(C2)the Amen, ^(C3)the trusted and faithful and true Witness, ^(C4)the ^(F2)Beginning and Origin of God's creation:

¹⁵ '^(C1)I know your deeds, that you are ^(F1)neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); ^(C2)I wish that you were ^(F2)cold or hot.¹⁶ 'So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth rejecting you with disgust.¹⁷ 'Because you say, "^(C1)I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked without hope and in great need, ^(VR1)18 I counsel you to ^(C1)buy from Me ^(C2)gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and ^(C3)white clothes representing righteousness to clothe yourself so that ^(C4)the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.¹⁹ '^(C1)Those whom I dearly and tenderly love, I rebuke and discipline showing them their faults and instructing them; so be enthusiastic and ^(C2)repent change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God's will. ^(VR1)20 'Behold, I stand ^(C1)at the door of the church and continually ^(C2)knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(C3)I will come in and eat with him (restore him), and he with Me.²¹ '^(C1)He who overcomes the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God, I will grant to him the privilege ^(C2)to sit beside Me on My throne, as ^(C3)I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne. ^(VR1)22 '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.'"