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Revelation

1 Unto the an­gel of the church of Eph­esus write; These things saith he that hold­eth the sev­en stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the sev­en gold­en can­dle­sticks; 2 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: 3 And hast borne, and hast pa­tience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not faint­ed. 4 Nev­er­the­less I have somewhat against thee, be­cause thou hast left thy first love. 5 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. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hat­est the deeds of the Nico­lai­tans, which I also hate. 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spir­it saith unto the church­es; To him that over­cometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the par­adise of God. 8 And unto the an­gel of the church in Smyr­na write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 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. 10 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. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spir­it saith unto the church­es; He that over­cometh shall not be hurt of the sec­ond death. 12 And to the an­gel of the church in Perg­amos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 13 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. 14 But I have a few things against thee, be­cause thou hast there them that hold the doc­trine of Bal­aam, who taught Bal­ac to cast a stum­bling­block be­fore the chil­dren of Is­rael, to eat things sac­ri­ficed unto idols, and to com­mit for­ni­ca­tion. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doc­trine of the Nico­lai­tans, which thing I hate. 16 Re­pent; or else I will come unto thee quick­ly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spir­it saith unto the church­es; 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. 18 And unto the an­gel of the church in Thy­ati­ra write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 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. 20 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. 21 And I gave her space to re­pent of her for­ni­ca­tion; and she re­pent­ed not. 22 Be­hold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that com­mit adul­tery with her into great tribu­la­tion, ex­cept they re­pent of their deeds. 23 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. 24 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. 25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. 26 And he that over­cometh, and keep­eth my works unto the end, to him will I give pow­er over the na­tions: 27 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. 28 And I will give him the morn­ing star. 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spir­it saith unto the church­es.