Message to Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in ^[a]Philadelphia write:

“These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens:^(A)

⁸ ‘I know your deeds. See, I have set before you an open door which no one is able to shut, for you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not renounced or denied My name.^{(B) 9} Take note, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet and make them know [without any doubt] that I have loved you.^{(C) 10} Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.^{(D) 11} I am coming quickly. Hold tight what you have, so that no one will take your crown [by leading you to renounce the faith]. ¹² He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will make him a ^[b]pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My [own] new name.^{(E) 13} He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’