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To the Church in Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in (A)Sardis write:
This is what He who has (B)the seven Spirits of God and (C)the seven stars, says: ‘(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, [a]but you are (E)dead. 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 (F)remember [b]what you have received and heard; and keep it, and (G)repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, (H)I will come (I)like a thief, and you will not know at (J)what hour I will come to you. 4 But you have a few [c](K)names in (L)Sardis who have not (M)defiled their garments, and they will walk with Me (N)in white, for they are worthy. 5 (O)He who overcomes will thus be clothed in (P)white garments, and I will never (Q)erase his name from the book of life, and (R)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 6 (S)He 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 (T)Philadelphia write:
(U)This is what He who is holy, (V)who is true, who has (W)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says:
8 ‘(X)I know your [d]deeds. Behold, I have given before you (Y)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and (Z)have not denied My name. 9 Behold, I am giving up those of (AA)the synagogue of Satan, those who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them (AB)come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that (AC)I have loved you. 10 Because you have (AD)kept the word of (AE)My perseverance, (AF)I also will keep you from the hour of [e](AG)testing, which is about to come upon the whole [f](AH)world, to [g]test (AI)those who dwell on the earth. 11 (AJ)I am coming quickly; (AK)hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your (AL)crown. 12 (AM)He who overcomes, I will make him a (AN)pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out from it anymore. And I will write on him the (AO)name of My God, and (AP)the name of the city of My God, (AQ)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My (AR)new name. 13 (AS)He 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 (AT)Laodicea write:
(AU)This is what the Amen, (AV)the faithful and true Witness, (AW)the [h]Beginning of the creation of God, says:
15 ‘(AX)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. (AY)I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will [i]spit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, “(AZ)I 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. 18 I advise you to (BA)buy from Me (BB)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and (BC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that (BD)the shame of your nakedness will not be manifested; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 (BE)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and (BF)repent. 20 Behold, I stand (BG)at the door and (BH)knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, (BI)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21 (BJ)He who overcomes, I will grant to him (BK)to sit down with Me on My throne, as (BL)I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 (BM)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
The Throne in Heaven
4 After (BN)these things I looked, and behold, (BO)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, (BP)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “(BQ)Come up here, and I will (BR)show you what must take place after these things.” 2 Immediately I was [j](BS)in the Spirit, and behold, (BT)a throne was standing in heaven, and (BU)One sitting on the throne. 3 And He who was sitting was like a (BV)jasper stone and a (BW)sardius in appearance; and there was a [k](BX)rainbow around the throne, like an (BY)emerald in appearance. 4 (BZ)Around the throne were (CA)twenty-four thrones, and upon those thrones I saw (CB)twenty-four elders (CC)sitting, clothed in (CD)white garments, and (CE)golden crowns on their heads. 5 And out from the throne come (CF)flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were (CG)seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are (CH)the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was something like a (CI)sea of glass, like crystal. And in the [l]center and (CJ)around the throne, (CK)four living creatures (CL)full of eyes in front and behind. 7 (CM)And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 8 And the (CN)four living creatures, each one of them having (CO)six wings, are (CP)full of eyes around and within, and (CQ)day and night [m]they do not cease to say,
“(CR)Holy, holy, holy is the [n](CS)Lord God, the Almighty, (CT)who was and who is and who [o]is to come.”
9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who (CU)sits on the throne, to (CV)Him who lives forever and ever, 10 the (CW)twenty-four elders will (CX)fall down before Him who (CY)sits on the throne, and will worship (CZ)Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their (DA)crowns before the throne, saying,
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