CHAPTER 2
To the
angel
of the
church
in
Ephesus
write:
These are
the words
of Him who
holds
the
seven
stars
in
His
right hand
and walks
among
the
seven
golden
lampstands.
I know
your
deeds,
your
labor,
and
your
perseverance.
I know
that
you cannot
tolerate
those who are evil,
and
you have tested
and
exposed
as liars
those who
falsely
claim
to be
apostles.
Therefore,
keep in mind
how far
you have fallen.
Repent
and
perform
the
deeds you did
at first.
But
if
you do not repent,
I will come
to you
and
remove
your
lampstand
from
its
place.
He who
has
an ear,
let him hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to the
churches.
To the one who
is victorious,
I will grant the right
to eat
from
the
tree
of life
in
the
paradise
of God.
To the
angel
of
the church
in
Smyrna
write:
These are
the words
of the
First
and
the
Last,
who
died
and
returned to life.
I know
your
affliction
and
your
poverty—
though
you are
rich!
And I am aware of
the
slander
of
those who
falsely
claim
to be
Jews,
but are in fact
a synagogue
of Satan.
Do not
fear
what
you are about
to suffer.
Look,
the
devil
is about
to throw
some of
you
into
prison
to
test you,
and
you will suffer
tribulation
for ten
days.
Be
faithful
even unto
death,
and
I will give
you
the
crown
of life.
He who
has
an ear,
let him hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to the
churches.
The one who
is victorious
will not be harmed
by
the
second
death.
To the
angel
of the
church
in
Pergamum
write:
These are
the words
of the One who
holds
the
sharp,
double-edged
sword.
I know
where
you live,
where
the
throne
of Satan sits.
Yet
you have held fast
to My
name
and
have not denied
your
faith
in Me,
even
in
the
day
when My
faithful
witness
Antipas
was killed
among
you,
where
Satan
dwells.
But
I have
a few things
against
you,
because
some
of you
hold
to the
teaching
of Balaam,
who
taught
Balak
to place
a stumbling block
before
the
Israelites
so they would eat
food sacrificed to idols
and
commit sexual immorality.
Therefore
repent!
Otherwise
I will come
to you
shortly
and
wage war
against
them
with
the
sword
of My
mouth.
He who
has
an ear,
let him hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to the
churches.
To the one
who
is victorious,
I will give
the
hidden
manna.
I will also give
him
a white
stone
inscribed
with
a new
name,
known
only
to the one who
receives it.
To
the angel
of the
church
in
Thyatira
write:
These are
the words
of the
Son
of God,
whose
eyes are
like
a blazing
fire
and
whose
feet
are like
polished bronze.
I know
your
deeds—
your
love,
your
faith,
your
service,
your
perseverance—
and
your
latter
deeds
are greater
than your
first.
But
I have this
against
you:
You tolerate
that
woman
Jezebel,
who
calls
herself
a prophetess.
By her teaching
she misleads
My
servants
to be sexually immoral
and
to eat
food sacrificed to idols.
Behold,
I will cast
her
onto
a bed of sickness,
and
those who
commit adultery
with
her
will suffer
great
tribulation
unless
they repent
of
her
deeds.
Then
I will strike
her
children
dead,
and
all
the
churches
will know
that
I
am
the One who
searches
minds
and
hearts,
and
I will repay
each
of you
according to
your
deeds.
But
I say
to the
rest
of you
in
Thyatira,
who
do not
hold to
her
teaching
and
have not
learned
the
so-called
deep things
of Satan:
I will place
no
further
burden
upon
you.
And
to the one who
is victorious
and
continues
in My
work
until
the end,
I will give
authority
over
the
nations.
He will rule
them
with
an iron
scepter
and shatter them
like
pottery—
just as
I
have received authority
from
My
Father.