(A)I know your deeds and your labor and [a]perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people, and you have (B)put those who call themselves (C)apostles to the test, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

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  1. Revelation 2:2 Or steadfastness

I know your deeds,(A) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(B) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(C)

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‘I know your (A)tribulation and your (B)poverty (but you are (C)rich), and the [a]slander by those who (D)say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of (E)Satan.

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  1. Revelation 2:9 Or blasphemy

I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(A) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(B) but are a synagogue of Satan.(C)

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13 ‘I know where you dwell, where (A)Satan’s throne is; and you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny (B)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My (C)witness, My (D)faithful one, who was killed among you, (E)where Satan dwells.

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13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(A) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(B) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(C)

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19 (A)I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and [a]perseverance, and that your [b]deeds of late are greater than [c]at first.

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  1. Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness
  2. Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds
  3. Revelation 2:19 Lit the first

19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

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Message to Sardis

“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.

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels

To the Church in Sardis

“To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E)

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
  2. Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

(A)I know your [a]deeds. Behold, I have put before you (B)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and (C)have not denied My name.

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  1. Revelation 3:8 Or deeds (behold...shut), that you have

I know your deeds.(A) See, I have placed before you an open door(B) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(C)

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15 (A)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; (B)I wish that you were cold or hot.

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15 I know your deeds,(A) that you are neither cold nor hot.(B) I wish you were either one or the other!

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