The Corrupt Church

18 “And to the [a]angel of the church in Thyatira write,

‘These things says the Son of God, (A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 (B)“I know your works, love, [b]service, faith, and your [c]patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 20 Nevertheless I have [d]a few things against you, because you allow [e]that woman (C)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, [f]to teach and seduce My servants (D)to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time (E)to [g]repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of [h]their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who (F)searches[i] the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

24 “Now to you I say, [j]and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the (G)depths of Satan, as they say, (H)I [k]will put on you no other burden. 25 But hold fast (I)what you have till I come. 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps (J)My works until the end, (K)to him I will give power over the nations—

27 ‘He(L) shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—

as I also have received from My Father; 28 and I will give him (M)the morning star.

29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:18 Or messenger
  2. Revelation 2:19 NU, M faith, service
  3. Revelation 2:19 perseverance
  4. Revelation 2:20 NU, M against you that you tolerate
  5. Revelation 2:20 M your wife Jezebel
  6. Revelation 2:20 NU, M and teaches and seduces
  7. Revelation 2:21 NU, M repent, and she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.
  8. Revelation 2:22 NU, M her
  9. Revelation 2:23 examines
  10. Revelation 2:24 NU, M omit and
  11. Revelation 2:24 NU, M omit will

18 · kai To the ho angel angelos of the ho church ekklēsia in en Thyatira Thuateira write graphō: The ho Son hyios of ho God theos, who ho has echō · ho eyes ophthalmos like hōs a flame phlox of fire pyr and kai · ho whose autos feet pous are like homoios burnished bronze chalkolibanon, has legō this hode to say legō: 19 I know oida your sy · ho works ergon, · kai · ho your sy love agapē and kai · ho faith pistis and kai · ho service diakonia and kai · ho steadfast endurance hypomonē, and kai that · ho your sy recent eschatos works ergon · ho are greater polys than the ho first prōtos. 20 But alla I have echō this against kata you sy, that hoti you tolerate aphiēmi that ho woman gynē Jezebel Iezabel, who ho calls legō herself heautou a prophetess prophētis and kai is teaching didaskō and kai seducing planaō · ho my emos servants to practice sexual immorality porneuō and kai to eat esthiō food sacrificed to idols eidōlothutos. 21 · kai I have given didōmi her autos time chronos to hina repent metanoeō, but kai she is unwilling ou to repent metanoeō of ek · ho her autos sexual immorality porneia. 22 Beware idou, I will throw ballō her autos onto eis a bed klinē of suffering , and kai those ho who commit adultery moicheuō with meta her autos into eis great megas affliction thlipsis, unless ean mē they repent metanoeō of ek · ho her autos ways ergon. 23 · kai I will kill apokteinō · ho her autos children teknon with en a fatal disease thanatos. Then kai all pas the ho churches ekklēsia will understand ginōskō that hoti I egō am eimi the ho one who searches eraunaō minds nephros and kai hearts kardia; and kai I will give didōmi to each hekastos of you hymeis according to kata · ho your hymeis works ergon. 24 But de to the ho rest loipos of you hymeis · ho in en Thyatira Thuateira, who hosos do not ou follow echō · ho this houtos teaching didachē ( who hostis have not ou learned ginōskō the ho deep things bathus of ho Satan Satanas,’ as hōs they call legō them), to you I say legō, I lay ballō on epi you hymeis no ou other allos burden baros, 25 only plēn hold fast to krateō what hos you have echō until achri I come hēkō. 26 As for kai the ho one who conquers nikaō, · kai who ho keeps tēreō my egō works ergon until achri the end telos, · ho to him autos I will give didōmi authority exousia over epi the ho nations ethnos, 27 and kai he will rule poimainō them autos with en a rod rhabdos of iron sidērous, as hōs when · ho earthen keramikos pots skeuos · ho are broken to pieces syntribō, 28 even as hōs I kai myself have received lambanō authority from para · ho my egō Father patēr. I will also kai give didōmi him autos the ho morning prōinos star astēr. · ho 29 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.

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