Revelation		Bible (BSB)	05/30/24	https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/2.htm			NOTE: Mostly read columns, then rows.
“To the Seven Churches”				https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/3.htm			Return to: S-Ranch > Theology		-
Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of:	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Ephesus	Ephesus	Ephesus	Ephesus	Ephesus	Ephesus	Ephesus	-
2	1-7	Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand	I know your deeds, your labor and your perseverance.	You have abandoned your first love.	keep in mind how far you have fallen.	I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.	Without growing weary you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.	I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.	-
		and walks among the seven golden lampstands.	I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and		Repent and perform the deeds you did at first.		You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.		-
			you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.						-
Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Smyrna	Smyrna	Smyrna	Smyrna	Smyrna	Smyrna	Smyrna	-
2	8-11	the First and the Last,	I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich!		Do not fear what you are about to suffer.			will not be harmed by the second death.	-
		who died and returned to life.	And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.		Be faithful even unto death,				-
			Look, the devil is about to throw some of you in prison to test you,		and I will give you the crown of life.				-
			and you will suffer tribulation for ten days.						-
Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Pergamum	Pergamum	Pergamum	Pergamum	Pergamum	Pergamum	Pergamum	-
2	12-17	the One who holds the sharp double-edged sword.	I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits.	some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam,	Repent!	Otherwise I will come to you shortly	Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me,	I will give the hidden manna.	-
				who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites		and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.	even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.	I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name,	-
				so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.				known only to the one who receives it.	-
				In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.					-
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Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Thyatira	Thyatira	Thyatira	Thyatira	Thyatira	Thyatira	Thyatira	-
2	18-29	the Son of God,	I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—	You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess.	Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness,	and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of their deeds.	But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching	And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.	-
		whose eyes are like a blazing fire	and your latter deeds are greater than your first.	By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.	Then I will strike her children dead,		and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan:	He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery--	-
		and whose feet are like polished bronze.		Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.	and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts,		I will place no further burden on you.	Just as I have received authority from my Father.	-
					And I will repay each of you according to your deeds.		Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.	And I will give him the morning star.	-
Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Sardis	Sardis	Sardis	Sardis	Sardis	Sardis	Sardis	-
3	1-6	The One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars.	I know your deeds;	you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.	Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die;	If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,	But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments,	Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white.	-
				for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.	Remember then, what you have received and heard.	and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.	and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.	And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life,	-
					Keep it and repent.			but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.	-
Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	-
3	7-13	the One who is holy and true,	I know your deeds.		I will make them come and bow down at your feet,		For you have only a little strength	I will make a pillar in the temple of My God,	-
		who holds the key of David.	See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut.		and they will know that I love you.		yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.	and he will never again leave it.	-
		What He opens no one can shut,	Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan,		I am coming soon.		Because you have kept My command to persevere,	Upon him I will write the name of My God,	-
		and what He shuts no one can open.	who claim to be Jews but are liars instead.		Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.		I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world,	and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God),	-
							to test those who dwell on the earth.	and My new name.	-
Chap.	Verse	The reigning words of	I know	But I have this against you	Therefore	But if you do not repent	But you have this to your credit	To the one who overcomes	-
	TO:	Laodicia	Laodicia	Laodicia	Laodicia	Laodicia	Laodicia	Laodicia	-
3	14-22	the words of the Amen,	I know your deeds;	you are neither cold not hot.	I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,	I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!		I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne,	-
		the faithful and true witness,		How I wish you were one or the other!	white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed,			just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.	-
		the Originator of God’s creation.		So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold--	and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.				-
				You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and have need of nothing.’	Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.				-
				But you do not realize that you are wretched, poor, blind, and naked.	Behold, I stand at the door and knock.				-
					If anyone hears My voice and opens the door,				-
					I will come in and dine with him, and He with Me.				-
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