These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand^(B) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.^(C)

⁵ Consider how far you have fallen! Repent^(A) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand^(B) from its place.

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.^(B)

¹⁶ Repent^(A) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^(B)

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)

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits^[b](B) of God and the seven stars.^(C) I know your deeds;^(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.^{(E) 2} Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. ³ Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.^(F) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,^(G) and you will not know at what time^(H) I will come to you.

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,^(B) the ruler of God’s creation.^{(C) 15} I know your deeds,^(D) that you are neither cold nor hot.^(E) I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷ You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’^(F) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.^(G)