1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
2 ‘I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them
3 And you have patient endurance, and have endured
4 But I have
5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do
6 But you do have this: that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans,
7 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.’
8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
9 ‘I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those
10 Do not be afraid of
11 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.’
12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
13 ‘I know where you live, where the throne of Satan
14 But I have a few
15 So likewise you also have those who hold fast to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Therefore repent! But if you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword from my mouth.
17 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
19 ‘I know your works, and your love, and faith, and service, and patient endurance—and your last works
20 But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
21 And I have given her time in order to repent, and she did not want to repent from her sexual immorality.
22 Behold, I am throwing her into a sickbed and those who committed adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent from her deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
24 But I say to you, to the rest
25 Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
26 And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations,
27 and “he will shepherd them with an iron rod; he will break
28 as I also have received from my Father, and I will give him the morning star.
29 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’