Revelation 2:18-3:6

New American Standard Bible

Message to Thyatira

¹⁸“And to the angel of the church in ^(A)Thyatira write:

^(B)The Son of God, ^(C)who has ^[a]eyes like a flame of fire, and ^[b]feet like burnished bronze, says this:

¹⁹‘^(D)I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and ^[c]perseverance, and that your ^[d]deeds of late are greater than ^[e]at first. ²⁰But ^(E)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman ^(F)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they ^(G)commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹^(H)I gave her time to repent, and she ^(I)does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. ²²Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who ^(J)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ^[f]her deeds. ²³And I will kill her children with ^[g]plague, and all the churches will know that I am He who ^(K)searches the ^[h]minds and hearts; and ^(L)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. ²⁴But I say to you, the rest who are in ^(M)Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the ^(N)deep things of Satan, as they call them—I ^(O)place no other burden on you. ²⁵Nevertheless ^(P)what you have, hold firmly ^(Q)until I come. ²⁶^(R)The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds ^(S)until the end, ^(T)I will give him authority over the ^[i]nations; ²⁷and he shall ^[j]^(U)rule them with a rod of iron, ^(V)as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father; ²⁸and I will give him ^(W)the morning star. ²⁹^(X)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Sardis

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

He who has ^[k]^(Z)the seven spirits of God and ^(AA)the seven stars, says this: ‘^(AB)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are ^(AC)dead. ²Be 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. ³So ^(AD)remember ^[l]what you have received and heard; and ^[m]keep it, and ^(AE)repent. Then if you are not alert, ^(AF)I will come ^(AG)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(AH)what hour I will come to you. ⁴But you have a few ^[n]^(AI)people in ^(AJ)Sardis who have not ^(AK)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(AL)in white, for they are worthy. ⁵^(AM)The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in ^(AN)white garments; and I will not ^(AO)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(AP)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ⁶^(AQ)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Footnotes

Revelation 2:18 Lit His eyes
Revelation 2:18 Lit His feet
Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness
Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds
Revelation 2:19 Lit the first
Revelation 2:22 One early ms their
Revelation 2:23 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death
Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys; i.e., inner man
Revelation 2:26 Or Gentiles
Revelation 2:27 Lit shepherd
Revelation 3:1 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
Revelation 3:3 Lit how
Revelation 3:3 Or follow
Revelation 3:4 Lit names