Revelation 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Message to Sardis

Rev 3:1"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. "'I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are dead.

Rev 3:2

Rev 3:2Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.

Rev 3:3

Rev 3:3Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.

Rev 3:4

Rev 3:4Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

Rev 3:5

Rev 3:5He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Rev 3:6

Rev 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Philadelphia

Rev 3:7

Rev 3:7"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens.

Rev 3:8

Rev 3:8"'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Rev 3:9

Rev 3:9Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you.

Rev 3:10

Rev 3:10Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

Rev 3:11

Rev 3:11I am coming soon; hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

Rev 3:12

Rev 3:12He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go 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 comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Rev 3:13

Rev 3:13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Laodicea

Rev 3:14

Rev 3:14"And to the angel of the church in La-odice'a write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.

Rev 3:15

Rev 3:15"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!

Rev 3:16

Rev 3:16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.

Rev 3:17

Rev 3:17For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

Rev 3:18

Rev 3:18Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

Rev 3:19

Rev 3:19Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.

Rev 3:20

Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Rev 3:21

Rev 3:21He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Rev 3:22

Rev 3:22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

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