To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ^(A)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^(B)of being alive, ^(C)but you are dead.

⁶ but ^(A)she who is self-indulgent is ^(B)dead even while she lives.

²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

⁴ John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from ^(A)him ^(B)who is and ^(C)who was and who is to come, and from ^(D)the seven spirits who are before his throne,

^19 (A)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.