 1 To the angel of the assembly+ in Sardis write: These things says He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works, that you have a name that says that you are alive, but really, you are dead. 2 Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, that are ready to die. For I have not found your works perfect~ before God. 3 Remember therefore what you have received and heard, and hold fast and repent. If you do not watch, I will come upon you like a thief and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. They shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5 Those who overcome will be clothed in white clothing+. I will not blot out their names out of the Book of Life, but I will confess their names before my Father and before His angels. 6 Let those who have an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the assemblies+. 7 To the angel of the assembly+ in Philadelphia write: These things says He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens. 8 I know your works. Behold I have set before you an open door and no one can shut it. For you have a little strength and have kept my Word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie, behold I will make them to come and worship before your feet and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept the Word of my patience, I will also keep you from the hour of trials+ that is about to come upon all the world, to try those who live upon the Earth. 11 Behold I will come quickly. Hold fast what you have so that no one will take away your crown. 12 Those who overcome I will make a pillar in the temple of my God and they shall go out no longer+. I will write upon them 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. I will write upon them my new name. 13 Let those who have an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the assemblies+. 14 To the angel of the assembly+ of the Laodiceans write: The Amen, The Faithful and True Witness, The Beginning of the Creation of God says these things: 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would prefer that you were either cold or hot. 16 However because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. 17 Because you say: I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, you do not understand+ that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold tested+ in the fire, so that you may be rich. And buy from me white clothing+ so that you may be clothed properly and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with salve+ so that you may see. 19 For as many as I love~, I rebuke and discipline+. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone will hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to them and dine+ with them and they with me. 21 To those who overcome I will grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in His throne. 22 Let those who have an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the assemblies+.
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