“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give(A) the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[a] the paradise of God.(B)

The Letter to Smyrna

“Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last,(C) the one who was dead and came to life: I know your[b] affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 Other mss read in the midst of
  2. 2:9 Other mss add works and

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