Revelation 2
2
Message to Ephesus
1“Write this to the angel of the church in Ephesus:
These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven gold lampstands: 2I know your works, your labor, and your endurance. I also know that you don’t put up with those who are evil. You have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars. 3You have shown endurance and put up with a lot for my name’s sake, and you haven’t gotten tired. 4But I have this against you: you have let go of the love you had at first. 5So remember the high point from which you have fallen. Change your hearts and lives and do the things you did at first. If you don’t, I’m coming to you. I will move your lampstand from its place if you don’t change your hearts and lives. 6But you have this in your favor: you hate what the Nicolaitans are doing, which I also hate. 7If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. I will allow those who emerge victorious to eat from the tree of life, which is in God’s paradise.
Message to Smyrna
8“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna:
These are the words of the one who is the first and the last, who died and came back to life: 9I know your hardship and poverty (though you are actually rich). I also know the hurtful things that have been spoken about you by those who say they are Jews (though they are not, but are really Satan’s synagogue). 10Don’t be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison in order to test you. You will suffer hardship for ten days. Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Those who emerge victorious won’t be hurt by the second death.
Message to Pergamum
12“Write this to the angel of the church in Pergamum:
These are the words of the one who has the sharp, two-edged sword: 13I know that you are living right where Satan’s throne is. You are holding on to my name, and you didn’t break faith with me even at the time that Antipas, my faithful witness, was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who follow Balaam’s teaching. Balaam had taught Balak to trip up the Israelites so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. 15In the same way, you have some who follow the Nicolaitans’ teaching. 16So change your hearts and lives. If you don’t, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war on them with the sword that comes from my mouth. 17If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. I will give those who emerge victorious some of the hidden manna to eat. I will also give to each of them a white stone with a new name written on it, which no one knows except the one who receives it.
Message to Thyatira
18“Write this to the angel of the church in Thyatira:
These are the words of God’s Son, whose eyes are like a fiery flame, and whose feet are like fine brass. 19I know your works, your love and faithfulness, your service and endurance. I also know that the works you have done most recently are even greater than those you did at first. 20But I have this against you: you put up with that woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. You allow her to teach and to mislead my servants into committing sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols. 21I gave her time to change her heart and life, but she refuses to change her life of prostitution. 22Look! I’m throwing her onto a sickbed. I am casting those who have committed adultery with her into terrible hardship—if they don’t change their hearts from following her practices— 23and I will even put her children to death with disease. Then all the churches will know that I’m the one who examines minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your actions deserve. 24As for the rest of you in Thyatira—those of you who don’t follow this teaching and haven’t learned the so-called “deep secrets” of Satan—I won’t burden you with anything else. 25Just hold on to what you have until I come. 26To those who emerge victorious, keeping my practices until the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27to rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like pottery— 28just as I received authority from my Father. I will also give them the morning star. 29If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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Revelation 2
2
The Letter to the Church in Ephesus
1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
“This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand says, the one who walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands: 2‘I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them to be false. 3And you have patient endurance, and have endured many things because of my name, and have not become weary. 4But I have this against you: that you have left your first love. 5Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the works you did at first#Literally “the first works”. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6But you do have this: that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, things which I also hate. 7The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.’
The Letter to the Church in Smyrna
8“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
“This is what the first and the last says, who was dead and came to life: 9‘I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those who call themselves Jews#Literally “who say themselves to be Jews” and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10Do not be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.’
The Letter to the Church in Pergamum
12“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
“This is what the one who has the sharp double-edged sword says: 13‘I know where you live, where the throne of Satan is. And you hold fast to my name and did not deny your#*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14But I have a few things against you: that you have there those who hold fast to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15So likewise you also have those who hold fast to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16Therefore repent! But if you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword from my mouth. 17The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him some of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
The Letter to the Church in Thyatira
18“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
“This is what the Son of God says, the one who has his eyes like a fiery flame and his feet like fine bronze: 19‘I know your works, and your love, and faith, and service, and patient endurance—and your last works are greater than the first. 20But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21And I have given her time in order to repent, and she did not want to repent from her sexual immorality. 22Behold, I am throwing her into a sickbed and those who committed adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent from her deeds. 23And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24But I say to you, to the rest who are in Thyatira, all those who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they say, I do not put upon you any other burden. 25Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come. 26And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations, 27and “he will shepherd them with an iron rod; he will break them in pieces like jars made of clay,”#A quotation from Ps 2:9 28as I also have received from my Father, and I will give him the morning star. 29The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
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