The Revelation (of Saint John the Divine )

To the angel of the Ephesian church, write: These things says the [One] holding the seven stars in His right [hand], He walking in [the] midst of the seven golden lampstands:

I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you cannot bear evil ones; and [you] tried those pretending to be apostles and are not, and found them [to be] liars.

And [I know you] bore up and have patience and on account of My name you have labored and have not wearied,

But I have against you that you left your first love.

Then remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works. And if not, I am coming to you quickly, and will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

The [one] who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the [one] overcoming, I will give to him to eat of the Tree of Life which is in [the] midst of the Paradise of God.

And to the angel of the church of Smyrna, write: These things says the First and the Last, who became dead, and lived:

I know your works, and the affliction, and the poverty; but you are rich. And [I know] the evil speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and they are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.

Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to throw you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

The [one] who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The [one] overcoming will not at all be hurt by the second death.

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos, write: These things says the [One] having the sharp, two-edged sword:

I know your works, and where you dwell, where the throne of Satan [is]. And you hold My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas [was] My faithful witness; who was killed alongside you, where Satan dwells.

But I have a few things against you, that you have there those holding the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol sacrifices, and to commit fornication.

So you also have those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

Repent! But if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will make war with them by the sword of My mouth.

The [one] who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the [one] overcoming, I will give him to eat from the hidden manna. And I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name having been written, which no one knows except the [one] receiving [it].

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira, write: These things says the Son of God, the [One] having His eyes as a flame of fire, and His feet like burnished brass:

I know your works, and the love, and the ministry, and the faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last more than the first.

But I have a few things against you, that you allow the woman Jezebel to teach, she saying herself [to be] a prophetess, and to cause My slaves to go astray, and to commit fornication, and to eat idol sacrifices.

And I gave time to her that she might repent of her fornication. And she did not repent.

Behold, I am throwing her into a bed, and into great affliction those committing adultery with her, unless they repent of their works.

But I say to you and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, and who did not know the deep things of Satan, as they say: I am not casting another burden on you;

but what you have, hold until I shall come.

And the [one] overcoming, and the [one] keeping My works until [the] end, "I will give to him authority over the nations,"

and "he will shepherd them with an iron staff" (they are "broken to pieces like clay vessels"), as I also have received from My Father.

And I will give to him the morning star.

The [one] who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches.