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Message to Sardis

¹ "To the angel of the church in ^(C1)Sardis write: He who has ^(C2)the seven Spirits of God and ^(C3)the seven stars, says this: '^(C4)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, ^(F1)but you are ^(C5)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 'So ^(C1)remember ^(F1)what you have received and heard; and keep it, and ^(C1)repent. Therefore 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 have a few ^(F1)(C1)people in ^(C2)Sardis who have not ^(C3)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(C4)in white, for they are worthy.⁵ '^(C1)He who overcomes will thus be clothed in ^(C2)white garments; and I will not ^(C3)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(C4)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.⁶ '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Philadelphia

⁷ "And to the angel of the church in ^(C1)Philadelphia write: ^(C2)He who is holy, ^(C3)who is true, who has ^(C4)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸ '^(C1)I know your ^(F1)deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^(C2)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^(C3)have not denied My name.⁹ 'Behold, I ^(F1)will cause 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 ^(F2)at your feet, and make them know that ^(C3)I have loved you.¹⁰ 'Because you have ^(C1)kept the word of ^(C2)My ^(F1)perseverance, ^(C3)I also will keep you from the hour of ^(F2)(C4)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^(F3)(C5)world, to ^(F4)test ^(C6)those who dwell on the earth.¹¹ '^(C1)I am coming quickly; ^(C2)hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your ^(C3)crown.¹² '^(C1)He who overcomes, I will make him a ^(C2)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; 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 comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(C6)new name.¹³ '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴ "To the angel of the church in ^(C1)Laodicea write: ^(C2)The Amen, ^(C3)the faithful and true Witness, ^(C4)the ^(F1)Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵ '^(C1)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(C2)I wish that you were cold or hot.¹⁶ 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will ^(F1)spit you out of My mouth.¹⁷ 'Because you say, "^(C1)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 ^(C1)buy from Me ^(C2)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(C3)white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^(C4)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.¹⁹ '^(C1)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(C2)repent.²⁰ 'Behold, I stand ^(C1)at the door and ^(C2)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(C3)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.²¹ '^(C1)He who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(C2)to sit down with Me on My throne, as ^(C3)I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.²² '^(C1)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"