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Revelation 2

Message to Ephesus

¹To the angel of the church in Ephesus, Write:

These are the things that the one who holds the seven stars in his write hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. ²I know your deeds and your toil and your patience, and that you can't stand those who are evil. You ahve also tested those who call themselves apostles, but are not, and you have discovered that they are liars. ³You also have patience, and you have put up with it because of my name and you haven't grown weary. ⁴But I do have this against you: You have lost your first love. ⁵Remember then where you have fallen from, and repent, and do the first deed. But if not, I will come quickly and remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. ⁶But you have this: You hate the deed of the Nicolaitans, that I hate as well. ⁷Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches: To the one who overcomes I will grant the right to each of the tree of life, which is in God's paradise.

Message to Smyrna

⁸To the angel of the church in Smyrna, Write:

These are the things that the first and the last, who was dead and came back to life says. ⁹I know your troubles and your poverty (but you are actually rich), and the blasphemy of those who claim to be Jews but are actuallyl of the synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰Don't be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. Look! The devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have troubles for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. ¹¹Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The one who overcomes will never be hurt by the second death.

Message to Pergamum

¹²To the angel of the church in Pergamum, write:

The one who has the sharp, two-edged sword says these things. ¹³I know where you live; it is where Satan's throne is, and you have held onto my name, and you did not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful martyr, who was killed among you--where Satan lives. ¹⁴But I have a few things against you. You have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a trap before the children of Israel, to eath things offered to idols and to commit fornication. ¹⁵In the same way, you have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ¹⁶So repent! But if not, I will come quickly and will make war with them using the sword that comes out of my mouth. ¹⁷Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and a new name inscribed on the stone, which nobody knows except for the one who receives it.

Message to Thyatira

¹⁸And to the angel of the church in Thyatira, write:

The son of God, whose eyes are a fiery flame, and his feet like bronze says these things. ¹⁹I know your works,love, faithfulness, service and patience. Your last works are greater than the first. ²⁰But I have this against you. You allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetesss and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹And I gave her an opportunity to repent, but she did not repent of her fornication. ²²Look! I'm throwing her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great trouble, unless they repent of her works. ²³And I will kill her children with a plague, and all the churches will know that I myself am the one who searches mind and heart, and I will give you each according to your works. ²⁴But I tell you, the remnant of Thyatira, as many as do not hold this teaching, who have not know the depths of Satan as they say, "I will not put any other burden on you."' ²⁵Only hold onto what you have until I come. ²⁶And the one who overcomes and keeps my deeds until the end,

I will give him authority over the nations
²⁷and he will tend them with an iron rod
as clay pots are shattered ²⁸Just as I received from my Father, I will also give him the morning star. ²⁹Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

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