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Revelation 3

Douay–Rheims Bible

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1And to the angel of the church of Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know thy works, and that thou hast the name of being alive. And thou art dead.Select Revelation 3:1

2Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. For I find not thy works full before my God.Select Revelation 3:2

3Have in mind therefore in what manner thou hast received and heard: and observe and do penance: If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to thee as a thief: and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come to thee.Select Revelation 3:3

4But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.Select Revelation 3:4

5He that shall overcome shall thus be clothed in white garments: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. And I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.Select Revelation 3:5

6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.Select Revelation 3:6

7And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth:Select Revelation 3:7

8I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength and hast kept my word and hast not denied my name.Select Revelation 3:8

9Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee.Select Revelation 3:9

10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell upon the earth.Select Revelation 3:10

11Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.Select Revelation 3:11

12He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God: and he shall go out no more. And I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.Select Revelation 3:12

13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.Select Revelation 3:13

14And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:Select Revelation 3:14

15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot.Select Revelation 3:15

16But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.Select Revelation 3:16

17Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.Select Revelation 3:17

18I counsel thee to buy of me gold, fire tried, that thou mayest be made rich and mayest be clothed in white garments: and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear. And anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.Select Revelation 3:18

19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.Select Revelation 3:19

20Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him: and he with me.Select Revelation 3:20

21To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome and am set down with my Father in his throne.Select Revelation 3:21

22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.Select Revelation 3:22

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