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Message to Ephesus |
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Revelation 2:1
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"To the angel of the church
in Ephesus write: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One
who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this: |
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Revelation 2:2
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'I know your deeds and
your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put
to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found
them to be false; |
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Revelation 2:3
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and you have perseverance
and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary. |
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Revelation 2:4
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'But I have this against
you, that you have left your first love. |
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Revelation 2:5
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'Therefore remember from
where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I
am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent. |
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Revelation 2:6
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'Yet this you do have,
that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. |
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Revelation 2:7
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'He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant
to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.' |
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Message to Smyrna |
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Revelation 2:8
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"And to the angel of the
church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to
life, says this: |
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Revelation 2:9
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'I know your tribulation
and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are
Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. |
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Revelation 2:10
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'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 tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful
until death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
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Revelation 2:11
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'He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt
by the second death.' |
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Message to Pergamum |
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Revelation 2:12
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"And to the angel of the
church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:
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Revelation 2:13
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'I know where you dwell,
where Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith
even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among
you, where Satan dwells. |
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Revelation 2:14
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'But I have a few things
against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who
kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat
things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. |
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Revelation 2:15
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'So you also have some
who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. |
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Revelation 2:16
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'Therefore repent; or
else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword
of My mouth. |
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Revelation 2:17
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'He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I
will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new
name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.' |
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Message to Thyatira |
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Revelation 2:18
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"And to the angel of the
church in Thyatira write: |
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Revelation 2:19
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'I know your deeds, and
your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late
are greater than at first. |
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Revelation 2:20
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'But I have this against
you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and
she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality
and eat things sacrificed to idols. |
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Revelation 2:21
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'I gave her time to repent,
and she does not want to repent of her immorality. |
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Revelation 2:22
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'Behold, I will throw
her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation,
unless they repent of her deeds. |
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Revelation 2:23
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'And I will kill her children
with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the
minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
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Revelation 2:24
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'But I say to you, the
rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the
deep things of Satan, as they call them--I place no other burden on you. |
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Revelation 2:25
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'Nevertheless what you
have, hold fast until I come. |
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Revelation 2:26
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'He who overcomes, and
he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;
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Revelation 2:27
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AND HE SHALL RULE THEM
WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also
have received authority from My Father; |
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Revelation 2:28
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and I will give him the
morning star. |
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Revelation 2:29
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'He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' |
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