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The Revelation to Yochanan, Chapter 2
{2:1} "To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write:
"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among
the seven golden menorahs says these things:
{2:2} "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that
you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves
emissaries, and they are not, and found them false. {2:3} You have
perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have[1] not
grown weary. {2:4} But I have this against you, that you left your
first love. {2:5} Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and
repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and
will move your menorah out of its place, unless you repent. {2:6} But
this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I
also hate. {2:7} He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree
of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
{2:8} "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:
"The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says
these things:
{2:9} "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are
rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are
not, but are a synagogue of Satan. {2:10} Don't be afraid of the
things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to
throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will
have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give
you the crown of life. {2:11} He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the
second death.
{2:12} "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:
"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
{2:13} "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne
is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days
of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you,
where Satan dwells. {2:14} But I have a few things against you,
because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who
taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel,
to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
{2:15} So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the
Nicolaitans likewise[2]. {2:16} Repent therefore, or else I am coming
to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my
mouth. {2:17} He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden
[3>]manna,[<3] and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a
new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
{2:18} "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write:
"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet
are like burnished brass, says these things:
{2:19} "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient
endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. {2:20}
But I have this against you, that you tolerate [4>]your[<4] woman,
Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my
servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to
idols. {2:21} I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of
her sexual immorality. {2:22} Behold, I will throw her into a
[5>]bed,[<5] and those who commit adultery with her into great
oppression, unless they repent of her works. {2:23} I will kill her
children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who
searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you
according to your deeds. {2:24} But to you I say, to the rest who are
in Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what
some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting
any other burden on you. {2:25} Nevertheless, hold that which you have
firmly until I come. {2:26} He who overcomes, and he who keeps my
works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
{2:27} He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay
pots;[6] as I also have received of my Father: {2:28} and I will give
him the morning star. {2:29} He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the assemblies.
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Footnotes:
[1] {2:3} TR adds "have labored and"
[2] {2:15} TR reads "which I hate" instead of "likewise"
[3] {2:17} Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for "What
is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.
[4] {2:20} TR, NU read "that" instead of "your"
[5] {2:22} Philoxeniana Aramaic word means "coffin."
[6] {2:27} Psalm 2:9
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