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Chapter 3 |
| 1 | And unto the
angel of the church in Sardis write; 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. |
| 2 | Be watchful, and strengthen the
things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works
perfect before God. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 |
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. |
| 5 |
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. |
| 6 | He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. |
| 7 |
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; 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; |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 10 |
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. |
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11 | Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou
hast, that no man take thy crown. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches. |
| 14 | And unto the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and
true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; |
| 15 | I know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
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| 16 | So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue
thee out of my mouth. |
| 17 | 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: |
| 18 | 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.
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| 19 | As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and
repent. |
| 20
| 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. |
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21 | 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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| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches. |
