2:1 “To the angel 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:
2:2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
2:3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
2:4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
2:5 Remember the height from which 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.
2:6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
2:8 “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.
2:9 I know your afflictions and your poverty–yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
2:10 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 the crown of life.
2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
2:12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
2:13 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, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city–where Satan lives.
2:14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.
2:15 Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
2:16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.
2:18 “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.
2:19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
2:20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.
2:21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
2:22 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.
2:23 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.
2:24 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):
2:25 Only hold on to what you have until I come.
2:26 To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations–
2:27 ‘He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery’–just as I have received authority from my Father.
2:28 I will also give him the morning star.
2:29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
2:1 To the messenger of the church in Ephesus write: These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, He who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
2:2 I know your works and your labor and your endurance and that you cannot bear evil men; and you have tried those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them to be false;
2:3 And you have endurance and have borne all things because of My name and have not grown weary.
2:4 But I have one thing against you, that you have left your first love.
2:5 Remember therefore where you have fallen from and repent and do the first works; but if not, I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand 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 churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
2:8 And to the messenger of the church in Smyrna write: These things says the First and the Last, who became dead and lived again:
2:9 I know your tribulation and poverty (but you are rich) and the slander from those who call themselves Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
2:10 Do not fear the things that you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison that you may be tried, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful unto 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 churches. He who overcomes shall by no means be hurt of the second death.
2:12 And to the messenger of the church in Pergamos write: These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:
2:13 I know where you dwell, where Satan s throne is; and you hold fast My name and have not denied My faith, even 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, that you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol sacrifices and to commit fornication.
2:15 In the same way you also have some who hold in like manner the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
2:16 Repent therefore; but if not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of My mouth.
2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and to him I will give a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knows except him who receives it.
2:18 And to the messenger of the church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, He who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like shining bronze:
2:19 I know your works and love and faith and service and your endurance and that your last works are more than the first.
2:20 But I have something against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, she who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and leads My slaves astray to commit fornication and to eat idol sacrifices.
2:21 And I gave her time that she might repent, and she is not willing to repent of her fornication.
2:22 Behold, I cast her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her, into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works;
2:23 And her children I will kill with death; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the inward parts and the hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your works.
2:24 But I say to you ? the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they say ? I put no other burden upon you;
2:25 Nevertheless what you have hold fast until I come.
2:26 And he who overcomes and he who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations;
2:27 And he will shepherd them with an iron rod, as vessels of pottery are broken in pieces, as I also have received from My Father;
2:28 And to him I will give the morning star.
2:29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
