These are the words of him who is the First and the Last,^(B) who died and came to life again.^{(C) 9} I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!^(D) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,^(E) but are a synagogue of Satan.^{(F) 10} Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,^(G) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.^(H) Be faithful,^(I) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.^(J)

¹¹ Whoever has ears, let them hear^(K) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.^(L)

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.^{(N) 13} I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,^(O) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,^(P) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.^(Q)

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:^(R) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,^(S) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols^(T) and committed sexual immorality.^{(U) 15} Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^{(V) 16} Repent^(W) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^(X)

¹⁷ Whoever has ears, let them hear^(Y) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,^(Z) I will give some of the hidden manna.^(AA) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name^(AB) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.^(AC)

These are the words of the Son of God,^(AE) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.^{(AF) 19} I know your deeds,^(AG) 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,^(AH) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.^{(AI) 21} I have given her time^(AJ) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.^{(AK) 22} So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery^(AL) 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,^(AM) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.^(AN)

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,^{(AO) 25} except to hold on to what you have^(AP) until I come.’^(AQ)

²⁶ To the one who is victorious^(AR) and does my will to the end,^(AS) I will give authority over the nations^(AT)— ²⁷ that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter^(AU) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[a](AV)—just as I have received authority from my Father. ²⁸ I will also give that one the morning star.^{(AW) 29} Whoever has ears, let them hear^(AX) what the Spirit says to the churches.

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits^[c](AZ) of God and the seven stars.^(BA) I know your deeds;^(BB) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.^{(BC) 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.^(BD) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,^(BE) and you will not know at what time^(BF) I will come to you.

⁴ Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.^(BG) They will walk with me, dressed in white,^(BH) for they are worthy. ⁵ The one who is victorious^(BI) will, like them, be dressed in white.^(BJ) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,^(BK) but will acknowledge that name before my Father^(BL) and his angels. ⁶ Whoever has ears, let them hear^(BM) what the Spirit says to the churches.