Revelation 3-4

New American Standard Bible

Message to Sardis

3 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Sardis write:

He who has ^[a](B)the seven spirits of God and ^(C)the seven stars, says this: ‘^(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are ^(E)dead. ² Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. ³ So ^(F)remember ^[b]what you have received and heard; and ^[c]keep it, and ^(G)repent. Then if you are not alert, ^(H)I will come ^(I)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(J)what hour I will come to you. ⁴ But you have a few ^[d](K)people in ^(L)Sardis who have not ^(M)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(N)in white, for they are worthy. ^5 (O)The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in ^(P)white garments; and I will not ^(Q)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(R)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ^6 (S)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in ^(T)Philadelphia write:

^(U)He who is holy, ^(V)who is true, who has ^(W)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸ ‘^(X)I know your ^[e]deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^(Y)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and ^(Z)have not denied My name. ⁹ Behold, I ^[f]will make those of ^(AA)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^(AB)come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that ^(AC)I have loved you. ¹⁰ Because you have ^(AD)kept ^(AE)My ^[g]word of perseverance, ^(AF)I also will keep you from the hour of the ^[h](AG)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^[i](AH)world, to ^[j]test ^(AI)those who live on the earth. ^11 (AJ)I am coming quickly; ^(AK)hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your ^(AL)crown. ^12 (AM)The one who overcomes, I will make him a ^(AN)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^(AO)name of My God, and ^(AP)the name of the city of My God, ^(AQ)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(AR)new name. ^13 (AS)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴ “To the angel of the church in ^(AT)Laodicea write:

^(AU)The Amen, ^(AV)the faithful and true Witness, ^(AW)the ^[k]Origin of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵ ‘^(AX)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(AY)I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷ Because you say, “^(AZ)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, ¹⁸ I advise you to ^(BA)buy from Me ^(BB)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(BC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and ^(BD)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to apply to your eyes so that you may see. ^19 (BE)Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(BF)repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand ^(BG)at the door and ^(BH)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(BI)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ^21 (BJ)The one who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(BK)to sit with Me on My throne, as ^(BL)I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne. ^22 (BM)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Scene in Heaven

4 After ^(BN)these things I looked, and behold, ^(BO)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, ^(BP)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “^(BQ)Come up here, and I will ^(BR)show you what must take place after these things.” ² Immediately I was ^(BS)in the ^[l]Spirit; and behold, ^(BT)a throne was standing in heaven, and ^(BU)someone was sitting on the throne. ³ And He who was sitting was like a ^(BV)jasper stone and a ^(BW)sardius in appearance; and there was a ^[m](BX)rainbow around the throne, like an ^(BY)emerald in appearance. ^4 (BZ)Around the throne were ^(CA)twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw ^(CB)twenty-four elders ^(CC)sitting, clothed in ^(CD)white garments, and ^(CE)golden crowns on their heads.

The Throne and Worship of the Creator

⁵ Out from the throne *came ^(CF)flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were ^(CG)seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are ^[n](CH)the seven spirits of God; ⁶ and before the throne there was something like a ^(CI)sea of glass, like crystal; and in the ^[o]center and ^(CJ)around the throne, ^(CK)four living creatures ^(CL)full of eyes in front and behind. ^7 (CM)The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. ⁸ And the ^(CN)four living creatures, each one of them having ^(CO)six wings, are ^(CP)full of eyes around and within; and ^(CQ)day and night ^[p]they do not cease to say,

⁹ And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who ^(CU)sits on the throne, to ^(CV)Him who lives forever and ever, ¹⁰ the ^(CW)twenty-four elders will ^(CX)fall down before Him who ^(CY)sits on the throne, and they will worship ^(CZ)Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their ^(DA)crowns before the throne, saying,