⁷ And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write thou, These things saith the holy and true, that hath the key of David; which openeth, and no man closeth, he closeth, and no man openeth^[a].

⁸ I know thy works, and lo! I gave before thee a door opened, which no man may close^[b]; for thou hast a little virtue, and hast kept my word, and deniedest not my name.

⁹ Lo! I shall give to thee of the synagogue of Satan, which say that they be Jews, and be not, but lie. Lo! I shall make them, that they come, and worship before thy feet; and they shall know, that I loved thee,

¹⁰ for thou keptest the word of my patience. And I shall keep thee from the hour of temptation, that is to coming [that is to come] into all the world, to tempt men that dwell in earth.

¹¹ Lo! I come soon; hold thou that that thou hast [hold that that thou hast], that no man take thy crown.

¹² And him that shall overcome, I shall make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall no more go out; and I shall write on [upon] him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, of the new Jerusalem, that cometh down from heaven of my God, and my new name.

¹³ He that hath ears, hear he, what the Spirit saith to the churches.