Revelation 3
1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: This is what the one who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works. You have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.
2 Be alert, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before my God.
3 So remember how you received and heard; keep it and repent. If you do not stay alert, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.
4 But you have a few names in Sardis who have not stained their clothes. They will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.
5 The one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes like these. I will certainly not erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.
6 Whoever has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: This is what the Holy One, the True One, the one who has David’s key, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says:
8 I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one can shut, for you have little strength, and you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
9 Look, I am giving some from the synagogue of Satan, those who claim to be Jews but are not, and are lying. Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.
10 Because you have kept the word of my endurance, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who live on the earth.
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.”
12 “The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never leave it again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name.
13 Whoever has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation, says:
15 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot!
16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I need nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may become rich; white clothes to wear, so that the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed; and ointment to put on your eyes, so that you may see.
19 I rebuke and discipline everyone I love. So be zealous and repent.
20 Look, I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and dine with him, and he with me.
21 To the one who conquers, I will grant the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat with my Father on his throne.
22 Whoever has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
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