Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

3 Write this to the angel of the church people in Sardis: Here are the words of the one who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars. `He says, "I know what you do. People say that you are alive, but you are dead.

² Wake up! You still have a little life left in you. Make it stronger before it dies altogether. I have not seen you do anything that looked right to God.

³ So remember the things you were told and the things you have heard. Obey them. Stop the things you have been doing. If you do not wake up, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know when I will come to you.

⁴ But you have a few people in Sardis who have not made their clothes dirty. They will walk with me in white clothes, because they are good enough.

⁵ He who wins will wear white clothes. I will not take his name out of the book of life. I will tell his name to my Father and to his angels."

⁶ `He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'