² “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.^(A)’”

³⁷ “Then make its seven lamps^(A) and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.

⁵ From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.^(A) In front of the throne, seven lamps^(B) were blazing. These are the seven spirits^[a](C) of God.

²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand^(A) and of the seven golden lampstands^(B) is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches,^(C) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.^(D)

To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angel^[b] of the church in Ephesus^(E) write:

¹² I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,^(A)

¹⁹ We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,^(A) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light^(B) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns^(C) and the morning star^(D) rises in your hearts.^(E)

⁹ The true light^(A) that gives light to everyone^(B) was coming into the world.

¹⁴ “You are the light of the world.^(A) A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.