CHAPTER 3
To the
angel
of the
church
in
Sardis
write:
These are
the words
of the One who
holds
the
sevenfold
Spirit
of God
and
the
seven
stars.
I know
your
deeds;
you have
a reputation
for
being alive,
yet
you are
dead.
Wake up
and
strengthen
what
remains,
which
was about
to die;
for
I have found
your
deeds
incomplete
in the sight of
My
God.
Remember,
then,
what
you have received
and
heard.
Keep it
and
repent.
If
you do not wake up,
I will come
like
a thief,
and
you will not know
the hour
when
I will come
upon
you.
But
you do have
a few
people
in
Sardis
who
have not soiled
their
garments,
and
because
they are
worthy,
they will walk
with
Me
in
white.
Like them,
the one who
is victorious
will be dressed
in
white.
And
I will never blot out
his
name
from
the
book
of life,
but
I will confess
his
name
before
My
Father
and
His
angels.
To
the angel
of the
church
in
Philadelphia
write:
These are
the words
of the One who is
holy
and
true,
who
holds
the
key
of David.
What
He opens,
no one
will shut;
and
what He shuts,
no one
will open.
I know
your
deeds.
See,
I have placed
before
you
an open
door,
which
no one
can
shut.
For
you have
only a little
strength,
yet
you have kept
My
word
and
have not denied
My
name.
Look at
those who belong to
the
synagogue
of Satan,
who
claim
to be
Jews
but
are
liars
instead.
I will make
them
come
and
bow down
at
your
feet,
and
they will know
that
I
love
you.
Because
you have kept
My
command
to endure with patience,
I will also keep
you
from
the
hour
of
testing
that
is about
to come
upon
the
whole
world,
to test
those who
dwell
on
the
earth.
The one who
is victorious
I will make
a pillar
in
the
temple
of
My
God,
and
he will never again leave it.
Upon
him
I will write
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),
and
My
new
name.
To the
angel
of the
church
in
Laodicea
write:
These are
the words
of the
Amen,
the
faithful
and
TRUE
Witness,
the
Originator
of God’s
creation.
You say,
‘I am
rich;
I have grown wealthy
and
need
nothing.’
But
you do not realize
that
you
are
wretched,
pitiful,
poor,
blind,
and
naked.
I counsel
you
to buy
from
Me
gold
refined
by
fire
so that
you may become rich,
white
garments
so that
you may be clothed
and
your
shameful
nakedness
not exposed,
and
salve
to anoint
your
eyes
so that
you may see.
Behold,
I stand
at
the
door
and
knock.
If
anyone
hears
My
voice
and
opens
the
door,
I will come in
and
dine
with
him,
and
he
with
Me.
To the one
who
is victorious,
I will grant the right
to sit
with
Me
on
My
throne,
just as
I
overcame
and
sat down
with
My
Father
on
His
throne.