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Message to Ephesus

¹ "To the angel of the church in ^(C1)Ephesus write: The One who holds ^(C2)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks ^(F1)(C3)among the seven golden lampstands, says this:

² '^(C1)I know your deeds and your toil and ^(F1)perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you ^(C2)put to the test those who call themselves ^(C3)apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;³ and you have ^(F1)perseverance and have endured ^(C1)for My name's sake, and have not grown weary.⁴ 'But I have this against you, that you have ^(C1)left your first love.⁵ 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and ^(C1)repent and ^(C2)do the ^(F1)deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your ^(C3)lampstand out of its place--unless you repent.⁶ 'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the ^(C1)Nicolaitans, which I also hate.⁷ '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(C2)To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of ^(C3)the tree of life which is in the ^(C4)Paradise of God.'

Message to Smyrna

⁸ "And to the angel of the church in ^(C1)Smyrna write: ^(C2)The first and the last, who ^(F1)(C3)was dead, and has come to life, says this:

⁹ 'I know your ^(C1)tribulation and your ^(C2)poverty (but you are ^(C2)rich), and the blasphemy by those who ^(C3)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of ^(C4)Satan.¹⁰ 'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(C1)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(C2)for ten days. ^(F1)Be ^(C3)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(C4)the crown of life.¹¹ '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(C2)He who overcomes will not be hurt by the ^(C3)second death.'

Message to Pergamum

¹² "And to the angel of the church in ^(C1)Pergamum write: The One who has ^(C2)the sharp two-edged sword says this:

¹³ 'I know where you dwell, where ^(C1)Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny ^(C2)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My ^(C3)witness, My ^(C4)faithful one, who was killed among you, ^(C5)where Satan dwells.¹⁴ 'But ^(C1)I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the ^(C2)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, ^(C3)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.¹⁵ 'So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the ^(C1)Nicolaitans.¹⁶ 'Therefore ^(C1)repent; or else ^(C2)I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with ^(C3)the sword of My mouth.¹⁷ '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(C1)To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden ^(C2)manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a ^(C3)new name written on the stone ^(C4)which no one knows but he who receives it.'

Message to Thyatira

¹⁸ "And to the angel of the church in ^(C1)Thyatira write: ^(C2)The Son of God, ^(C3)who has ^(F1)eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:

¹⁹ '^(C1)I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and ^(F1)perseverance, and that your ^(F2)deeds of late are greater than ^(F3)at first.²⁰ 'But ^(C1)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman ^(C2)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they ^(C3)commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.²¹ '^(C1)I gave her time to repent, and she ^(C2)does not want to repent of her immorality.²² 'Behold, I will throw her ^(F1)on a bed of sickness, and those who ^(C1)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ^(F2)her deeds.²³ 'And I will kill her children with ^(F1)pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who ^(C1)searches the ^(F2)minds and hearts; and ^(C2)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.²⁴ 'But I say to you, the rest who are in ^(C1)Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the ^(C2)deep things of Satan, as they call them--I ^(C3)place no other burden on you.²⁵ 'Nevertheless ^(C1)what you have, hold fast ^(C2)until I come.²⁶ '^(C1)He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds ^(C2)until the end, ^(C3)TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE ^(F1)NATIONS;²⁷ AND HE SHALL ^(F1)(C1)RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, ^(C2)AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;²⁸ and I will give him ^(C1)the morning star.²⁹ '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'