19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen,(A) what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand(B) and of the seven golden lampstands(C) is this: The seven stars are the angels[a] of the seven churches,(D) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.(E)

To the Church in Ephesus

“To the angel[b] of the church in Ephesus(F) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand(G) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.(H)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:20 Or messengers
  2. Revelation 2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18

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