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22 [a]Listen carefully, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [I will bring] into great anguish, unless they repent of her deeds. 23 And I will kill her children (followers) with [b]pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the [c]minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.(A) 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the [d]depths of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:22 Lit Behold.
  2. Revelation 2:23 Lit death.
  3. Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys, i.e. inner man. In Jewish thought, the kidneys were considered a source of wisdom (cf Ps 16:7).
  4. Revelation 2:24 I.e. participated in and experienced evil.

22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery(A) 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,(B) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(C)

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,(D)

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