The Letter to the Church in Pergamum

12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

“This is what the one who has the sharp double-edged sword says: 13 ‘I know where you live, where the throne of Satan is. And you hold fast to my name and did not deny your[a] faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14 But I have a few things against you: that you have there those who hold fast to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So likewise you also have those who hold fast to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent! But if you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword from my mouth. 17 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him some of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:13 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

12 · kai To the ho angel angelos of the ho church ekklēsia in en Pergamum Pergamos write graphō: The ho one who has echō the ho sharp oxys two-edged distomos sword rhomphaia · ho · ho has legō this hode to say legō: 13 I know oida where pou you live katoikeō, where hopou · ho Satan Satanas has his ho throne thronos. Yet kai you are holding fast krateō to · ho my egō name onoma, and kai you did not ou deny arneomai your ho faith pistis in me egō even kai in en the ho days hēmera of Antipas Antipas · ho my egō faithful pistos witness martys, · ho who hos was put to death apokteinō in para your hymeis city where hopou · ho Satan Satanas lives katoikeō. 14 But alla I have echō several things oligos against kata you sy, because hoti you have echō among ekei you those who follow krateō the ho teaching didachē of Balaam Balaam, the one who hos instructed didaskō · ho Balak Balak to put ballō a stumbling block skandalon before enōpion the ho sons hyios of Israel Israēl so they would eat esthiō food sacrificed to idols eidōlothutos and kai commit sexual immorality porneuō. 15 So houtōs also kai do you sy have echō those who follow krateō the ho teaching didachē of the ho Nicolaitans Nikolaitēs. 16 Therefore oun repent metanoeō! Otherwise ei de, · de I will come erchomai to you sy without delay tachus and kai will fight polemeō against meta them autos with en the ho sword rhomphaia of ho my egō mouth stoma. 17 He ho who has echō an ear ous, let him hear akouō what tis the ho Spirit pneuma is saying legō to the ho churches ekklēsia. To the ho one who conquers nikaō I will give didōmi some of the ho hidden kryptō manna manna. · ho And kai I will give didōmi him autos a white leukos stone psēphos, and kai on epi that ho stone psēphos will be written graphō a new kainos name onoma which hos no one oudeis can understand oida except ei mē the ho one who receives lambanō it.

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