Revelation 2

¹ “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:

² I know your deeds, your toil, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be liars.

³ You have persevered, endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

⁴ But I have this against you: you have abandoned your first love.

⁵ Remember, then, how far you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

⁶ But you have this in your favor: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

⁷ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

⁸ “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life:

⁹ I know your affliction and your poverty—but you are rich—and the slander of those who claim to be Jews but are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to put you to the test, and you will suffer affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will certainly not be harmed by the second death.

¹² “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the one who has the sharp, double-edged sword:

¹³ I know where you live: where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

¹⁴ But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

¹⁵ In the same way, you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.”

¹⁶ “Repent, then. Otherwise, I will come to you soon and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

¹⁷ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

¹⁸ “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire and whose feet are like polished bronze:

¹⁹ I know your deeds, your love, your faith, your service, and your perseverance. I know that your later deeds are more numerous than the earlier ones.

²⁰ But I have this against you: you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and misleads my servants into committing sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols.

²¹ I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

²² Look, I will cast her onto a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of her practices.

²³ I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

²⁴ But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold this teaching and have not learned what they call the deep things of Satan, I say: I do not lay any other burden on you.

²⁵ Only hold on to what you have until I come.

²⁶ To the one who conquers and keeps my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations.

²⁷ He will rule them with an iron scepter, as clay pots are shattered.

²⁸ I have received this authority from my Father, and I will give him the morning star.

²⁹ Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

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