The Letter to the Church in Pergamum

¹² “To the messenger^[a] of the church in Pergamum, write:

‘The one who holds the sharp, two-edged sword, says this:

¹³ ‘I know where you live. Satan’s throne is there. Yet you hold on to my name and have not denied your faith in me,^[b] even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your presence, where Satan lives. ¹⁴ But I have a few things against you: You have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, the one who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality. ¹⁵ You also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ¹⁶ So repent. If you don’t, I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.

¹⁷ ‘Let everyone^[c] listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give some of the hidden manna to everyone who overcomes.’”^[d] I will also give him a white stone. On the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the person who receives it.’”