Message to the Church in Ephesus
1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of the One who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
2 I know your deeds, and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you have found them false. 3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake and have not grown weary.
4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen. Repent and do the things you did at first, or else I will come to you swiftly, and unless you repent, I will move your lamp stand from its place.
6 But this you have: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant that he eats from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.”
Message to the Church in Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
The first and the last, who was dead and has come to life, says these things:
9 I know your suffering and poverty, yet you are rich. I know of the slander of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. The devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.”
Message to the Church in Pergamum
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
13 I know your deeds and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name and did not deny your faith in me in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
14 But I have a few things against you because you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the Israelites, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore, or else I will come to you quickly and will wage war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.”
Message to the Church in Thyatira
18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
The Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
19 I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are greater than the first.
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
22 I will throw her into a bed and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the churches will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching, who do not know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you. 25 Nevertheless, hold firmly to that which you have until I come. 26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 27 He will shepherd and rule them with an iron scepter, and they shall be broken, like clay pots, as I also have by my Father, 28 and I will give them the morning star.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”