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HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES

EPHESUS

These things saith he that hold­eth the sev­en stars in his right hand, who walk­eth in the midst of the sev­en gold­en can­dle­sticks;

I know thy works, and thy la­bour, and thy pa­tience, and how thou canst not bear them which are e­vil: and thou hast tried them which say they are a­pos­tles, and are not, and hast found them li­ars: And hast borne, and hast pa­tience, and for my name's sake hast la­boured, and hast not faint­ed. Nev­er­the­less I have some­what a­gainst thee, be­cause thou hast left thy first love. Re­mem­ber there­fore from whence thou art fall­en, and re­pent, and do the first works; or else I will come un­to thee quick­ly, and will re­move thy can­dle­stick out of his place, ex­cept thou re­pent. But this thou hast, that thou hat­est the deeds of the Ni­co­la­i­tans, which I al­so hate.

To him that o­ver­com­eth will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the par­a­dise of God.

SMYRNA

These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is a­live;

I know thy works, and trib­u­la­tion, and pov­er­ty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blas­phe­my of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the syn­a­gogue of Sa­tan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suf­fer: be­hold, the dev­il shall cast some of you in­to pris­on, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have trib­u­la­tion ten days: be thou faith­ful un­to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

He that o­ver­com­eth shall not be hurt of the sec­ond death.

PERGAMOS

These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edg­es;

I know thy works, and where thou dwell­est, e­ven where Sa­tan's seat is: and thou hold­est fast my name, and hast not de­nied my faith, e­ven in those days where­in An­ti­pas was my faith­ful mar­tyr, who was slain a­mong you, where Sa­tan dwell­eth. But I have a few things a­gainst thee, be­cause thou hast there them that hold the doc­trine of Ba­laam, who taught Ba­lak to cast a stum­bling­block be­fore the chil­dren of Is­ra­el, to eat things sac­ri­ficed un­to i­dols, and to com­mit for­ni­ca­tion. So hast thou al­so them that hold the doc­trine of the Ni­co­la­i­tans, which thing I hate. Re­pent; or else I will come un­to thee quick­ly, and will fight a­gainst them with the sword of my mouth.

To him that o­ver­com­eth will I give to eat of the hid­den man­na, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name writ­ten, which no man know­eth sav­ing he that re­ceiv­eth it.

THYATIRA

These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like un­to a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

I know thy works, and char­i­ty, and ser­vice, and faith, and thy pa­tience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Not­with­stand­ing I have a few things a­gainst thee, be­cause thou suf­fer­est that wom­an Jez­e­bel, which call­eth her­self a proph­et­ess, to teach and to se­duce my ser­vants to com­mit for­ni­ca­tion, and to eat things sac­ri­ficed un­to i­dols. And I gave her space to re­pent of her for­ni­ca­tion; and she re­pent­ed not. Be­hold, I will cast her in­to a bed, and them that com­mit a­dul­tery with her in­to great trib­u­la­tion, ex­cept they re­pent of their deeds. And I will kill her chil­dren with death; and all the church­es shall know that I am he which search­eth the reins and hearts: and I will give un­to eve­ry one of you ac­cord­ing to your works. But un­to you I say, and un­to the rest in Thy­a­ti­ra, as many as have not this doc­trine, and which have not known the depths of Sa­tan, as they speak; I will put up­on you none oth­er bur­den. But that which ye have al­ready hold fast till I come.

And he that o­ver­com­eth, and keep­eth my works un­to the end, to him will I give pow­er o­ver the na­tions: and he shall rule them with a rod of i­ron; as the ves­sels of a pot­ter shall they be bro­ken to shiv­ers: e­ven as I re­ceived of my Fa­ther. And I will give him the morn­ing star.

SARDIS

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. Be watch­ful, and strength­en the things which re­main, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works per­fect be­fore God. Re­mem­ber 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. Thou 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.

He 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.

PHILADELPHIA

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;

I 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. Be­hold, 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. Be­cause 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. Be­hold, I come quick­ly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Him 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.

LAODICEA

These things saith the A­men, the faith­ful and true wit­ness, the be­gin­ning of the cre­a­tion of God;

I know thy works, that thou art nei­ther cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then be­cause thou art luke­warm, and nei­ther cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Be­cause 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: I 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. As many as I love, I re­buke and chas­ten: be zeal­ous there­fore, and re­pent. Be­hold, 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.

To 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.

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