A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

4 And ^(A)the angel who talked with me came again ^(B)and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. ² And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, ^(C)a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and ^(D)seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. ³ And there are ^(E)two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” ⁴ And I said to ^(F)the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵ Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, ^(G)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ⁶ Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^(H)Zerubbabel: ^(I)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. ⁷ Who are you, ^(J)O great mountain? Before ^(K)Zerubbabel ^(L)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^(M)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^9 (N)“The hands of ^(O)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^(P)complete it. ^(Q)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^10 (R)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^(S)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^(T)“These seven ^(U)are the eyes of the Lord, ^(V)which range through the whole earth.” ¹¹ Then I said to him, “What are these ^(W)two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” ¹² And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these ^(X)two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil^[a] is poured out?” ¹³ He said to me, ^(Y)“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ¹⁴ Then he said, ^(Z)“These are the two anointed ones^[b] who stand by ^(AA)the Lord of the whole earth.”

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹ I, John, your brother and ^(A)partner in ^(B)the tribulation and ^(C)the kingdom and ^(D)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(E)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ^10 (F)I was in the Spirit ^(G)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(H)like a trumpet ¹¹ saying, ^(I)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw ^(J)seven golden lampstands, ¹³ and in the midst of the lampstands ^(K)one like ^(L)a son of man, ^(M)clothed with a long robe and ^(N)with a golden sash around his chest. ^14 (O)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^(P)His eyes were like a flame of fire, ^15 (Q)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^(R)his voice was like the roar of many waters. ^16 (S)In his right hand he held seven stars, ^(T)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^(U)his face was like the sun shining ^(V)in full strength.

^17 (W)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^(X)he laid his right hand on me, ^(Y)saying, “Fear not, ^(Z)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the living one. ^(AA)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^(AB)I have the keys of Death and Hades. ^19 (AC)Write therefore ^(AD)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. ²⁰ As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and ^(AE)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and ^(AF)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

¹⁹ Now ^(A)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^(B)divisions, ²¹ envy,^[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^(C)those who do^[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But ^(D)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(E)love, joy, peace, patience, ^(F)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ^23 (G)gentleness, ^(H)self-control; ^(I)against such things there is no law. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus ^(J)have crucified the flesh with its ^(K)passions and desires.

²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, ^(L)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ^26 (M)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.