2Revelation 2

1"To the minister of the Church in Ephesus write as follows: "`This is what He who holds the seven stars in the grasp of His right hand says--He who walks to and fro among the seven lampstands of gold.Select Revelation 2:1

2I know your doings and your toil and patient suffering. And I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, but have put to the test those who say that they themselves are Apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.Select Revelation 2:2

3And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary.Select Revelation 2:3

4Yet I have this against you--that you no longer love Me as you did at first.Select Revelation 2:4

5Be mindful, therefore, of the height from which you have fallen. Repent at once, and act as you did at first, or else I will surely come and remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent.Select Revelation 2:5

6Yet this you have in your favor: you hate the doings of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.Select Revelation 2:6

7"`Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who overcomes I will give the privilege of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of God.'Select Revelation 2:7

8"To the minister of the Church at Smyrna write as follows: "`This is what the First and the Last says--He who died and has returned to life.Select Revelation 2:8

9Your sufferings I know, and your poverty--but you are rich--and the evil name given you by those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are Satan's synagogue.Select Revelation 2:9

10Dismiss your fears concerning all that you are about to suffer. I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. Be faithful to the End, even if you have to die, and then I will give you the victor's Wreath of Life.Select Revelation 2:10

11"`Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. He who overcomes shall be in no way hurt by the Second Death.'Select Revelation 2:11

12"To the minister of the Church at Pergamum write as follows: "`This is what He who has the sharp, two-edged sword says. I know where you dwell.Select Revelation 2:12

13Satan's throne is there; and yet you are true to Me, and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas My witness and faithful friend, who was put to death among you, in the place where Satan dwells.Select Revelation 2:13

14Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication.Select Revelation 2:14

15So even you have some that cling in the same way to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.Select Revelation 2:15

16Repent, at once; or else I will come to you quickly, and will make war upon them with the sword which is in My mouth.Select Revelation 2:16

17"`Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. He who overcomes--to him I will give some of the hidden Manna, and a white stone; and--written upon the stone and known only to him who receives it-- a new name.'Select Revelation 2:17

18"To the minister of the Church at Thyateira write as follows: "`This is what the Son of God says--He who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet resembling silver-bronze.Select Revelation 2:18

19I know your doings, your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance; and that of late you have toiled harder than you did at first.Select Revelation 2:19

20Yet I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and by her teaching leads astray My servants, so that they commit fornication and eat what has been sacrificed to idols.Select Revelation 2:20

21I have given her time to repent, but she is determined not to repent of her fornication.Select Revelation 2:21

22I tell you that I am about to cast her upon a bed of sickness, and I will severely afflict those who commit adultery with her, unless they repent of conduct such as hers.Select Revelation 2:22

23Her children too shall surely die; and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men's inmost thoughts; and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been.Select Revelation 2:23

24But to you, the rest of you in Thyateira, all who do not hold this teaching and are not the people who have learnt the "deep things," as they call them (the deep things of Satan!) --to you I say that I lay no other burden on you.Select Revelation 2:24

25Only that which you already possess, cling to until I come.Select Revelation 2:25

26"`And to him who overcomes and obeys My commands to the very end, I will give authority over the nations of the earth.Select Revelation 2:26

27And he shall be their shepherd, ruling them with a rod of iron, just as earthenware jars are broken to pieces; and his power over them shall be like that which I Myself have received from My Father;Select Revelation 2:27

28and I will give him the Morning Star.Select Revelation 2:28

29Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches.'Select Revelation 2:29