Revelation 2:2-14

English Standard Version

²^(A)“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but ^(B)have tested those ^(C)who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. ³I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up ^(D)for my name's sake, and you ^(E)have not grown weary. ⁴But I have this against you, that you have abandoned ^(F)the love you had at first. ⁵Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do ^(G)the works you did at first. If not, ^(H)I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ⁶Yet this you have: you hate the works of ^(I)the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ⁷^(J)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(K)To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of ^(L)the tree of life, which is in ^(M)the paradise of God.’

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of ^(N)the first and the last, ^(O)who died and came to life.

⁹“‘I know your tribulation and ^(P)your poverty (^(Q)but you are rich) and the slander^[a] of ^(R)those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, ^(S)that you may be tested, and for ^(T)ten days ^(U)you will have tribulation. ^(V)Be faithful ^(W)unto death, and I will give you ^(X)the crown of life. ¹¹^(Y)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(Z)The one who conquers will not be hurt by ^(AA)the second death.’

To the Church in Pergamum

¹²“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has ^(AB)the sharp two-edged sword.

¹³“‘I know where you dwell, ^(AC)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not ^(AD)deny my faith^[b] even in the days of Antipas ^(AE)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. ¹⁴But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of ^(AF)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might ^(AG)eat food sacrificed to idols and ^(AH)practice sexual immorality.