To the Church in Sardis
1To the angel of the church in Sardis, write: “These are the words of him who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works — that you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead. 2Wake up, and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5The one who conquers will be dressed, like them, in white, and I will never blot out his name from the book of life. I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels. 6Let anyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
To the Church in Philadelphia
7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: “These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens. 8I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9Look, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying — look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. 10Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one takes your crown. 12The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never leave it again. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. 13Let anyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
To the Church in Laodicea
14To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write: “These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God’s creation. 15I know your works — you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either cold or hot! 16So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing,’ and you do not realize that you are the wretched one — pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothes to wear, so that the shame of your nakedness will not be exposed; and salve to put on your eyes, so that you may see. 19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20Look, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me. 21To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22Let anyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
