Revelation 2

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Verse 1

“To the angel^[a] of the church in Ephesus write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

‘To the angel^[a] of the church in Ephesus write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

Verse 2

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

Verse 3

You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

Verse 4

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

Yet I hold this against you: you have forsaken the love you had at first.

Verse 5

Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Verse 6

But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But you have this in your favour: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Verse 7

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

To the Church in Smyrna

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

To the church in Smyrna

Verse 8

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.

‘To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.

Verse 9

I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

I know your afflictions and your poverty – yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Verse 10

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.

Verse 11

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.

To the Church in Pergamum

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.

To the church in Pergamum

Verse 12

“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.

‘To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.

Verse 13

I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.

I know where you live – where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city – where Satan lives.

Verse 14

Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.

Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: there are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.

Verse 15

Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

Verse 16

Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Verse 17

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

To the Church in Thyatira

To the church in Thyatira

Verse 18

“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:

These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

‘To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:

These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

Verse 19

I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

Verse 20

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

Nevertheless, I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

Verse 21

I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.

Verse 22

So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.

Verse 23

I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Verse 24

Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,

Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, “I will not impose any other burden on you,

Verse 25

except to hold on to what you have until I come.’

except to hold on to what you have until I come.”

Verse 26

To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—

To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations –

Verse 27

that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[b]—just as I have received authority from my Father.

that one “will rule them with an iron sceptre and will dash them to pieces like pottery”^[b] – just as I have received authority from my Father.

Verse 28

I will also give that one the morning star.

Verse 29

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.