![]() ![]() 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and misleads My bond-servants so that they commit immorality and eat food sacrificed to idols. “These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze: ( G)ġ9 ‘I know your deeds, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your last deeds are more numerous and greater than the first. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone with a new name engraved on the stone which no one knows except the one who receives it.’ ( F) Message to Thyatiraġ8 “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Thyatira write: 17 He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. 16 Therefore repent or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war and fight against them with the sword of My mouth. ( E) 15 You also have some who in the same way are holding to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who are holding to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit immorality. Yet you are holding fast to My name, and you did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) among you, where Satan dwells. “These are the words of Him who has and wields the sharp two-edged sword :ġ3 ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan sits enthroned. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death ( the lake of fire).’ ( D) Message to Pergamumġ2 “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Pergamum write: ( C) 11 He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. Be faithful to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. Be aware that the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. 10 Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. “These are the words of the First and the Last who died and came to life : ( B)ĩ ‘I know your suffering and your poverty (but you are rich ), and how you are blasphemed and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’ ( A) Message to SmyrnaĨ “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Smyrna write: 7 He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. 6 Yet you have this, that you hate the works and corrupt teachings of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ![]() ![]() 5 So remember the heights from which you have fallen, and repent and do the works you did at first otherwise, I will visit you and remove your lampstand (the church, its impact) from its place-unless you repent. 4 But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. “These are the words of the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands (the seven churches):Ģ ‘I know your deeds and your toil, and your patient endurance, and that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and have tested and critically appraised those who call themselves apostles (special messengers, personally chosen representatives, of Christ), and are not, and have found them to be liars and impostors 3 and you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name’s sake, and that you have not grown weary. 2 “To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Ephesus write:
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