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Revelation 2

Message to Ephesus

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"To the angel of the church in  aEphesus write:

The One who holds  bthe seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks  1 camong the seven golden lampstands, says this:

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aI know your deeds and your toil and  1perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you  bput to the test those who call themselves  capostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

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and you have  1perseverance and have endured  afor My name's sake, and have not grown weary.

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`But I have this against you, that you have  aleft your first love.

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`Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and  arepent and  bdo the  1deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your  clampstand out of its place--unless you repent.

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`Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the  aNicolaitans, which I also hate.

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aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.  bTo him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of  cthe tree of life which is in the  dParadise of God.'

Message to Smyrna

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"And to the angel of the church in  aSmyrna write:

 bThe first and the last, who  1 cwas dead, and has come to life, says this:

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`I know your  atribulation and your  bpoverty (but you are  brich), and the blasphemy by those who  csay they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of  dSatan.

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`Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be  atested, and you will have tribulation  bfor ten days.  1Be  cfaithful until death, and I will give you  dthe crown of life.

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aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.  bHe who overcomes will not be hurt by the  csecond death.'

Message to Pergamum

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"And to the angel of the church in  aPergamum write:

The One who has  bthe sharp two-edged sword says this:

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`I know where you dwell, where  aSatan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny  bMy faith even in the days of Antipas, My  cwitness, My  dfaithful one, who was killed among you,  ewhere Satan dwells.

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`But  aI have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the  bteaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel,  cto eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.

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`So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the  aNicolaitans.

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`Therefore  arepent; or else  bI am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with  cthe sword of My mouth.

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aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.  aTo him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden  bmanna, and I will give him a white stone, and a  cnew name written on the stone  dwhich no one knows but he who receives it.'

Message to Thyatira

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"And to the angel of the church in  aThyatira write:

 bThe Son of God,  cwho has  1eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:

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aI know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and  1perseverance, and that your  2deeds of late are greater than  3at first.

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`But  aI have this against you, that you tolerate the woman  bJezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they  ccommit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

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aI gave her time to repent, and she  bdoes not want to repent of her immorality.

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`Behold, I will throw her  1on a bed of sickness, and those who  acommit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of  2her deeds.

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`And I will kill her children with  1pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who  asearches the  2minds and hearts; and  bI will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

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`But I say to you, the rest who are in  aThyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the  bdeep things of Satan, as they call them--I  cplace no other burden on you.

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`Nevertheless  awhat you have, hold fast  buntil I come.

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aHe who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds  buntil the end,  cTO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE  1NATIONS;

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AND HE SHALL  1 aRULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON,  bAS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;

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and I will give him  athe morning star.

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aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'



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