Revelation 2 - 3 — Legacy Standard Bible

To the Church in Ephesus

2“To the angel of the church in ^aEphesus write: This is what the One who holds ^bthe seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks ¹^,^camong the seven golden lampstands, says:

²‘^aI know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot bear with those who are evil, and you ^bput to the test those who call themselves ^capostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; ³and you have perseverance and have ¹endured ^afor My name’s sake, you also have not grown weary. ⁴‘But I have this against you, that you have ^aleft your first love. ⁵‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and ^arepent and ^bdo the ¹deeds you did at first. But if not, I am coming to you and will remove your ^clampstand out of its place, unless you repent. ⁶‘Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the ^aNicolaitans, which I also hate. ⁷‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^bTo him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of ^cthe tree of life which is in the ^dParadise of God.’

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸“And to the angel of the church in ^aSmyrna write: ^bThis is what the first and the last, who ¹^,^cwas dead, and has come to life, says:

⁹‘I know your ^atribulation and your ^bpoverty (but you are ^crich), and the blasphemy by those who ^dsay they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of ^eSatan. ¹⁰‘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 ^atested, and you will have tribulation ^bfor ten days. ¹Be ^cfaithful until death, and I will give you ^dthe crown of life. ¹¹‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^bHe who overcomes will never be hurt by the ^csecond death.’

To the Church in Pergamum

¹²“And to the angel of the church in ^aPergamum write: This is what the One who has ^bthe sharp two-edged sword says:

¹³‘I know where you dwell, where ^aSatan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny ^bMy faith even in the days of Antipas, My ^cwitness, My ^dfaithful one, who was killed among you, ^ewhere Satan dwells. ¹⁴‘But ^aI have a few things against you, that you have there some who hold the ^bteaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, ^cto eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. ¹⁵‘So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the ^aNicolaitans. ¹⁶‘Therefore ^arepent. But if not, ^bI am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with ^cthe sword of My mouth. ¹⁷‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^bTo him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden ^cmanna, and I will give him a white stone, and a ^dnew name written on the stone ^ewhich no one knows but he who receives it.’

To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸“And to the angel of the church in ^aThyatira write: ^bThis is what the Son of God, the One ^cwho has ¹eyes like a flame of fire and His feet are like burnished bronze, says:

¹⁹‘^aI know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your last deeds are greater than ¹at first. ²⁰‘But ^aI have this against you, that you tolerate the woman ^bJezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My slaves so that they ^ccommit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹‘^aAnd I gave her time to repent, and she ^bdoes not wish to repent of her sexual immorality. ²²‘Behold, I will throw her ¹on a bed of sickness, and those who ^acommit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ²her deeds. ²³‘And I will kill her children with ¹pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who ^asearches the ²minds and hearts; and ^bI will give to each one of you according to your deeds. ²⁴‘But I say to you, the rest who are in ^aThyatira, who do not have this teaching, who have not known the ^bdeep things of Satan, as they call them—I ^cplace no other burden on you. ²⁵‘Nevertheless ^awhat you have, hold fast ^buntil I come. ²⁶‘^aAnd he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds ^buntil the end, ^cto him I will give authority over the ¹nations; ²⁷and he shall ¹^,^arule them with a rod of iron, ^bas the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; ²⁸and I will give him ^athe morning star. ²⁹‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Sardis

3“And to the angel of the church in ^aSardis write: This is what He who has ^bthe seven Spirits of God and ^cthe seven stars, says: ‘^dI know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, ¹but you are ^edead. ²‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God. ³‘So ^aremember ¹what you have received and heard; and keep it, and ^brepent. Therefore if you do not wake up, ^cI will come ^dlike a thief, and you will not know at ^ewhat hour I will come to you. ⁴‘But you have a few ¹^,^anames in ^bSardis who have not ^cdefiled their garments, and they will walk with Me ^din white, for they are worthy. ⁵‘^aHe who overcomes will thus be clothed in ^bwhite garments, and I will never ^cerase his name from the book of life, and ^dI will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ⁶‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷“And to the angel of the church in ^aPhiladelphia write: ^bThis is what He who is holy, ^cwho is true, who has ^dthe key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says:

⁸‘^aI know your ¹deeds. Behold, I have given before you ^ban open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^chave not denied My name. ⁹‘Behold, I am giving up those of ^athe synagogue of Satan, those who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them ^bcome and bow down before your feet, and make them know that ^cI have loved you. ¹⁰‘Because you have ^akept the word of ^bMy perseverance, ^cI also will keep you from the hour of ¹^,^dtesting, which is about to come upon the whole ²^,^eworld, to ³test ^fthose who dwell on the earth. ¹¹‘^aI am coming quickly; ^bhold fast what you have, so that no one will take your ^ccrown. ¹²‘^aHe who overcomes, I will make him a ^bpillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out from it anymore. And I will write on him the ^cname of My God, and ^dthe name of the city of My God, ^ethe new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^fnew name. ¹³‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴“And to the angel of the church in ^aLaodicea write: ^bThis is what the Amen, ^cthe faithful and true Witness, ^dthe ¹Beginning of the creation of God, says:

¹⁵‘^aI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. ^bI wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will ¹spit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷‘Because you say, “^aI am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked, ¹⁸I advise you to ^abuy from Me ^bgold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^cwhite garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^dthe shame of your nakedness will not be manifested; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. ¹⁹‘^aThose whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and ^brepent. ²⁰‘Behold, I stand ^aat the door and ^bknock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^cI will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ²¹‘^aHe who overcomes, I will grant to him ^bto sit down with Me on My throne, as ^cI also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ²²‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”