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Revelation  Chapter 3    Back    Next

{3:1} "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: "He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

{3:2} Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

{3:3} Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour
I will come upon you.

{3:4} Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

{3:5} He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father
, and before his angels.

{3:6} He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

{3:7} "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David
, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

{3:8} "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.

{3:9} Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews
, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

{3:10} Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth
.

{3:11} I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown
.

{3:12} He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem
, which comes down out of heaven
from my God, and my own new name.

{3:13} He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

{3:14} "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea
write: "The Amen
, the Faithful
and True Witness, the Head of God's creation
, says these things:

{3:15} "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

{3:16} So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

{3:17} Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind
, and naked;

{3:18} I counsel you to buy from me gold
refined by fire
, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint
your eyes, that you may see.

{3:19} As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

{3:20} Behold, I stand at the door and knock
. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

{3:21} He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

{3:22} He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."

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