The Dead Church

3 “And to the ^[a]angel of the church in Sardis write,

‘These things says He who ^(A)has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

⁶ But she who lives in ^[a]pleasure is dead while she lives.

²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Greeting the Seven Churches

⁴ John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from Him ^(A)who is and ^(B)who was and who is to come, ^(C)and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

^19 (A)“I know your works, love, ^[a]service, faith, and your ^[b]patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.

¹³ And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

¹² These are ^[a]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried ^[b]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

^24 (A)for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

^16 (A)He had in His right hand seven stars, ^(B)out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, ^(C)and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

^5 (A)even when we were dead in trespasses, ^(B)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),