Revelation 2:18-3:6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Letter to Thyatira

¹⁸“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze,^[a] says: ¹⁹I know your works—your love, faithfulness,^[b] service, and endurance. Your last works are greater than the first. ²⁰But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives My slaves to commit sexual immorality^[c] and to eat meat sacrificed to idols. ²¹I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.^[d] ²²Look! I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her^[e] practices. ²³I will kill her children with the plague.^[f]^(A) Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds^[g] and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works. ²⁴I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known the deep things^[h] of Satan—as they say—I do not put any other burden on you. ²⁵But hold on to what you have until I come.^(B) ²⁶The one who is victorious and keeps My works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations—

²⁷and he will shepherd^[i]^(C) them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery^(D)^[j]—

just as I have received this from My Father. ²⁸I will also give him the morning star.^(E)

²⁹“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

The Letter to Sardis

3 “Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:

“The One who has the seven spirits of God^(F) and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation^[k] for being alive, but you are dead. ²Be alert and strengthen^[l] what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before My God. ³Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come^[m] like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you.^[n] ⁴But you have a few people^[o] in Sardis who have not defiled^[p] their clothes, and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy. ⁵In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life^(G) but will acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels.