29THE [ONE] HAVING AN EAR HE SHOULD HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES. 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. [’’]
1AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE IN SARDIS CHURCH DO WRITE: THESE THINGS SAYS THE [ONE] HAVING THE SEVEN SPIRITS <THE> OF GOD AND THE SEVEN STARS; I KNOW YOUR <THE> DEEDS THAT <THE> CHARACTERIZATION YOU HAVE THAT YOU ARE ALIVE AND YET DEAD YOU ARE. To the Church in Sardis 1To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits*NoteCloseOr the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
2DO BE WATCHING AND DO STRENGTHEN THE [THINGS] THAT REMAIN WHICH <THEY> WERE ABOUT TO DIE; NOT FOR I HAVE FOUND YOUR <THE> WORKS COMPLETED IN THE SIGHT OF THE GOD OF MINE. 2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
3DO REMEMBER THEREFORE WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED AND HEARD — AND DO KEEP [IT] AND DO REPENT. IF THEREFORE NOT YOU SHALL WATCH, I WILL COME UPON YOU LIKE A THIEF, AND CERTAINLY NOT YOU MAY KNOW AT WHAT HOUR I WILL COME UPON YOU. 3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
4BUT YOU HAVE A FEW PEOPLE IN SARDIS WHO NOT SOILED THE GARMENTS OF THEM, AND THEY WILL WALK WITH ME IN WHITE, BECAUSE WORTHY THEY ARE. 4But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
5THE [ONE] OVERCOMING THUS WILL BE CLOTHED IN GARMENTS WHITE, AND CERTAINLY NOT WILL I BLOT OUT THE NAME OF HIM FROM THE BOOK <THE> OF LIFE AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE NAME OF HIM BEFORE THE FATHER OF MINE AND BEFORE THE ANGELS OF HIM. 5Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out*NoteCloseOr scrape off his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
6THE [ONE] HAVING AN EAR HE SHOULD HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES. 6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
7AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE IN PHILADELPHIA CHURCH DO WRITE: THESE THINGS SAYS THE HOLY [ONE], THE TRUE [ONE], WHO IS HAVING THE KEY <THE> OF DAVID, WHO IS OPENING AND NO [ONE] WILL SHUT IT (ONLY EXCEPT THAT WHICH IS BEING OPEN); AND SHUTTING AND NO [ONE] OPENS; To the Church in Philadelphia 7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.*NoteCloseSee Isaiah 22:22.
8I KNOW YOUR <THE> DEEDS. BEHOLD I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU A DOOR OPENED WHICH NO [ONE] IS ABLE TO SHUT IT; BECAUSE LITTLE YOU HAVE POWER AND YET YOU HAVE KEPT MY <THE> WORD AND NOT DENIED THE NAME OF ME. 8I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
9BEHOLD I MAY GIVE [THOSE] FROM THE SYNAGOGUE <THE> OF SATAN — THOSE DECLARING THEMSELVES JEWS TO BE AND NOT ARE, BUT THEY LIE — BEHOLD I WILL CAUSE THEM THAT THEY WILL COME AND THEY WILL WORSHIP BEFORE THE FEET OF YOU AND THEY MAY KNOW THAT I MYSELF LOVED YOU. 9As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
10BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT THE WORD OF THE PATIENT ENDURANCE OF MINE, I MYSELF ALSO YOU WILL KEEP OUT OF THE HOUR OF THE TRIAL WHICH IS BEING ABOUT TO COME UPON THE INHABITED WORLD WHOLE TO TRY THOSE DWELLING UPON THE EARTH. 10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
11BEHOLD I AM COMING QUICKLY; DO HOLD FAST TO WHAT YOU HAVE, SO THAT NO ONE MAY TAKE THE CROWN OF YOU. 11I am coming soon.*NoteCloseOr suddenly or quickly Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
12THE [ONE] OVERCOMING, I WILL MAKE HIM A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF THE GOD OF MINE, AND OUT CERTAINLY NOT SHALL HE GO ANYMORE, AND I WILL WRITE UPON HIM THE NAME OF THE GOD OF MINE AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF THE GOD OF MINE, THE NEW JERUSALEM, WHICH IS DESCENDING OUT OF <THE> HEAVEN FROM THE GOD OF MINE, AND THE NAME OF ME <THE> NEW. 12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
13THE [ONE] HAVING AN EAR HE SHOULD HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES. 13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
14AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE IN LAODICEA CHURCH DO WRITE: THESE THINGS SAYS THE AMEN, THE WITNESS <THE> FAITHFUL AND <THE> TRUE, THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION <THE> OF GOD; To the Church in Laodicea (Colossians 2:1–5) 14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator*NoteCloseOr Beginning or Ruler of God’s creation.
15I KNOW YOUR <THE> WORKS THAT NEITHER COLD YOU ARE NOR HOT. I WISH COLD YOU WERE OR HOT; 15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
16SO BECAUSE LUKEWARM YOU ARE AND NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, I AM ABOUT YOU TO SPIT OUT OF THE MOUTH OF MINE, 16So because you are lukewarm— neither hot nor cold— I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
17FOR YOU SAY THAT RICH I AM AND I HAVE GROWN RICH AND [OF] NO [THING] NEED I HAVE, AND NOT DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU YOURSELF ARE <THE> WRETCHED AND <THE> MISERABLE AND POOR AND BLIND AND NAKED, 17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing. ’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
18I COUNSEL YOU TO BUY FROM ME GOLD REFINED BY FIRE SO THAT YOU MAY BE RICH, AND GARMENTS WHITE SO THAT YOU MAY BE CLOTHED AND NOT MAY BE MADE MANIFEST THE SHAME OF THE NAKEDNESS OF YOU, AND EYE-SALVE SO THAT TO ANOINT THE EYES OF YOU SO THAT YOU MAY SEE. 18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
19I MYSELF AS MANY AS IF SHALL LOVE I REBUKE AND DISCIPLINE. DO BE JEALOUS THEREFORE AND DO REPENT. 19Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
20BEHOLD I HAVE STOOD AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. IF ANYONE SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF MINE AND SHALL OPEN THE DOOR, THEN I WILL COME IN TO HIM AND I WILL DINE WITH HIM AND HE WITH ME. 20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
21THE [ONE] OVERCOMING, I WILL GIVE TO HIM TO SIT WITH ME ON THE THRONE OF MINE AS I MYSELF ALSO OVERCAME AND I SAT DOWN WITH THE FATHER OF MINE ON THE THRONE OF HIM. 21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
22THE [ONE] HAVING AN EAR HE SHOULD HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES. 22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ”