Revelation:2
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To the minister of the Church in Ephesus write as follows :« `
This is what He who holds the seven stars in the grasp of His right hand says –
He who walks to and fro among the seven lampstands of gold .
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I know your doings and your toil and patient suffering .
And I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men ,
but have put to the test those who say that they themselves are Apostles but are not ,
and you have found them to be liars .
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And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary .
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Yet I have this against you –
that you no longer love Me as you did at first .
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Be mindful ,
therefore ,
of the height from which you have fallen .
Repent at once ,
and act as you did at first ,
or else I will surely come and remove your lampstand out of its place –
unless you repent .
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Yet this you have in your favor :
you hate the doings of the Nicolaitans ,
which I also hate .
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Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches .
To him who overcomes I will give the privilege of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life ,
which is in the Paradise of God .'«
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To the minister of the Church at Smyrna write as follows :« `
This is what the First and the Last says –
He who died and has returned to life .
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Your sufferings I know ,
and your poverty –
but you are rich –
and the evil name given you by those who say that they themselves are Jews ,
and are not ,
but are Satan '
s synagogue .
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Dismiss your fears concerning all that you are about to suffer .
I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test ,
and for ten days you will have to endure persecution .
Be faithful to the End ,
even if you have to die ,
and then I will give you the victor '
s Wreath of Life .
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Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches .
He who overcomes shall be in no way hurt by the Second Death .'«
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To the minister of the Church at Pergamum write as follows :« `
This is what He who has the sharp ,
two-edged sword says .
I know where you dwell .
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Satan '
s throne is there ;
and yet you are true to Me ,
and did not deny your faith in Me ,
even in the days of Antipas My witness and faithful friend ,
who was put to death among you ,
in the place where Satan dwells .
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Yet I have a few things against you ,
because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam ,
who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel –
to eat what had been sacrificed to idols ,
and commit fornication .
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So even you have some that cling in the same way to the teaching of the Nicolaitans .
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Repent ,
at once ;
or else I will come to you quickly ,
and will make war upon them with the sword which is in My mouth .
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Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches .
He who overcomes –
to him I will give some of the hidden Manna ,
and a white stone ;
and –
written upon the stone and known only to him who receives it –
a new name .'«
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To the minister of the Church at Thyateira write as follows :« `
This is what the Son of God says –
He who has eyes like a flame of fire ,
and feet resembling silver-bronze .
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I know your doings ,
your love ,
your faith ,
your service ,
and your patient endurance ;
and that of late you have toiled harder than you did at first .
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Yet I have this against you ,
that you tolerate the woman Jezebel ,
who calls herself a prophetess and by her teaching leads astray My servants ,
so that they commit fornication and eat what has been sacrificed to idols .
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I have given her time to repent ,
but she is determined not to repent of her fornication .
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I tell you that I am about to cast her upon a bed of sickness ,
and I will severely afflict those who commit adultery with her ,
unless they repent of conduct such as hers .
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Her children too shall surely die ;
and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men '
s inmost thoughts ;
and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been .
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But to you ,
the rest of you in Thyateira ,
all who do not hold this teaching and are not the people who have learnt the »
deep things ,«
as they call them (
the deep things of Satan !) –
to you I say that I lay no other burden on you .
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Only that which you already possess ,
cling to until I come .
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And to him who overcomes and obeys My commands to the very end ,
I will give authority over the nations of the earth .
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And he shall be their shepherd ,
ruling them with a rod of iron ,
just as earthenware jars are broken to pieces ;
and his power over them shall be like that which I Myself have received from My Father ;«
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and I will give him the Morning Star .
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Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches .'