1And
unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These
things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God,
and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou
hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2Be
watchful, and strengthen the things which remain,
that are ready to die: for I have not found thy
works perfect before God.
3Remember
therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold
fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch,
I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not
know what hour I will come upon thee.
4Thou
hast a few names even in Sardis which have not
defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me
in white: for they are worthy.
5He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white
raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the
book of life, but I will confess his name before my
Father, and before his angels.
6He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches.
7And
to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,
he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and
no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8I
know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an
open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a
little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not
denied my name.
9Behold,
I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which
say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold,
I will make them to come and worship before thy
feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10Because
thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will
keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon
the earth.
11Behold,
I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that
no man take thy crown.
12Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will
write upon him the name of my God, and the name of
the city of my God, which
is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of
heaven from my God: and I
will write upon him my new name.
13He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches.
14And
unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and
true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15I
know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
I would thou wert cold or hot.
16So
then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17Because
thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods,
and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou
art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked:
18I
counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire,
that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that
thou mayest be clothed, and that the
shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint
thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous
therefore, and repent.
20Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my
voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and
will sup with him, and he with me.
21To
him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down
with my Father in his throne.
22He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches.