The Letter to Thyatira

18 “Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira: Thus says the Son of God,(A) the one whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze:(B) 19 I know your works—your love, faithfulness,[a] service, and endurance.(C) I know that your last works are greater than the first. 20 But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel,(D) who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.(E) 21 I gave her time to repent,(F) but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.(G) 22 Look, I will throw her into a sickbed(H) and those who commit adultery with her(I) into great affliction.(J) Unless they repent of her[b] works, 23 I will strike her children dead.[c](K) Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts,(L) and I will give to each of you according to your works.(M) 24 I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known “the so-called secrets[d](N) of Satan”(O) —as they say—I am not putting any other burden on you.(P) 25 Only hold on to what you have until I come.(Q) 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations—

27 and he will rule[e](R) them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery[f](S)

28 just as I have received this from my Father. I will also give him the morning star.(T)

29 “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:19 Or faith
  2. 2:22 Other mss read their
  3. 2:23 Or with a plague
  4. 2:24 Or the secret things
  5. 2:27 Or shepherd
  6. 2:27 Ps 2:9

To the Church in Thyatira

18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira(A) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,(B) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.(C) 19 I know your deeds,(D) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(E) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(F) 21 I have given her time(G) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(H) 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery(I) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(J) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(K)

24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,(L) 25 except to hold on to what you have(M) until I come.’(N)

26 To the one who is victorious(O) and does my will to the end,(P) I will give authority over the nations(Q) 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(R) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[a](S)—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give that one the morning star.(T) 29 Whoever has ears, let them hear(U) what the Spirit says to the churches.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9