The Dead Church

3 “And to the ^[a]angel of the church in Sardis write,

‘These things says He who ^(A)has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

⁶ But she who lives in ^[a]pleasure is dead while she lives.

²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Greeting the Seven Churches

⁴ John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from Him ^(A)who is and ^(B)who was and who is to come, ^(C)and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

^19 (A)“I know your works, love, ^[a]service, faith, and your ^[b]patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.