Revelation 2
2TO THE angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]:G32G1577G2179G1125G3592G3004G2902G2033G792G1722G846G1188G3588G4043G1722G3319G2033G5552G30872I know your industry {and} activities, laborious toil {and} trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested {and} critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors {and} liars.G1492G4675G2041G2532G4675G2873G2532G4675G5281G2532G3754G1410G3756G941G2556G2532G3985G5335G1511G652G2532G1526G3756G2532G2147G846G55713I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted {or} become exhausted {or} grown weary.G2532G941G2532G2192G5281G2532G1223G3450G1223G3686G2872G2532G2577G3756G25774But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].G235G2192G2596G4675G3754G863G4675G4413G265Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind {and} repent.G3421G3767G4159G1601G2532G3340G2532G4160G4413G2041G1490G2064G4671G5035G2532G2795G4675G3087G1537G846G5117G3362G33406Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest.G235G5124G2192G3754G3404G2041G3531G3739G2504G34047He who is able to hear, let him listen to {and} give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.G2192G3775G191G5101G4151G3004G1577G846G3528G1325G5315G1537G3586G2222G3739G2076G1722G3319G3857G23168And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, Who died and came to life again:G2532G32G1577G4668G1125G3592G3004G4413G2532G2078G3739G1096G3498G2532G21989I know your affliction {and} distress {and} pressing trouble and your poverty--but you are rich! and how you are abused {and} reviled {and} slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.G1492G4675G2041G2532G2347G2532G4432G1161G1488G4145G2532G988G3588G3004G1438G1511G2453G2532G1526G3756G235G4864G456710Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss your dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is indeed about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested {and} proved {and} critically appraised, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally faithful unto death [even if you must die for it], and I will give you the crown of life.G5399G3367G3739G3195G3958G2400G1228G3195G906G1537G5216G1519G5438G2443G3985G2532G2192G2347G1176G2250G1096G4103G891G2288G2532G1325G4671G4735G222211He who is able to hear, let him listen to {and} heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). He who overcomes (is victorious) shall in no way be injured by the second death.G2192G3775G191G5101G4151G3004G1577G3528G91G3364G91G1537G1208G228812Then to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Pergamum write: These are the words of Him Who has {and} wields the sharp two-edged sword:G2532G32G1577G1722G4010G1125G3592G3004G2192G3691G4501G136613I know where you live--a place where Satan sits enthroned. [Yet] you are clinging to {and} holding fast My name, and you did not deny My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) in your midst--where Satan dwells.G1492G4675G2041G2532G4226G2730G3699G4567G2362G2532G2902G3450G3686G2532G720G3756G720G3450G4102G2532G1722G2250G1722G3739G493G3450G4103G3144G3739G615G3844G5213G3699G4567G273014Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people there who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap {and} a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [to entice them] to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and to practice lewdness [giving themselves up to sexual vice].G235G2192G3641G2596G4675G3754G2192G1563G2902G1322G903G3739G1722G1321G904G906G4625G1799G5207G2474G5315G1494G2532G420315You also have some who in a similar way are clinging to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [those corrupters of the people] {which thing I hate}.G3779G2192G4771G2532G2902G1322G3531G3739G340416Repent [then]! Or else I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.G3340G1490G2064G4671G5035G2532G4170G3326G846G1722G4501G3450G475017He who is able to hear, let him listen to {and} heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (conquers), I will give to eat of the manna that is hidden, and I will give him a white stone with a new name engraved on the stone, which no one knows {or} understands except he who receives it.G2192G3775G191G5101G4151G3004G1577G846G3528G1325G5315G575G2928G3131G2532G1325G846G3022G5586G2532G1909G5586G2537G3686G1125G3739G3762G1097G1508G298318And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, Who has eyes that flash like a flame of fire, and Whose feet glow like bright {and} burnished {and} white-hot bronze:G2532G32G1577G1722G2363G1125G3592G3004G5207G2316G3588G2192G846G3788G5613G5395G4442G2532G846G4228G3664G547419I know your record {and} what you are doing, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your recent works are more numerous {and} greater than your first ones.G1492G4675G2041G2532G26G2532G1248G2532G4102G2532G4675G5281G2532G4675G2041G2532G2078G4119G441320But I have this against you: that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [claiming to be inspired], and who is teaching and leading astray my servants {and} beguiling them into practicing sexual vice and eating food sacrificed to idols. [I Kings 16:31; II Kings 9:22, 30.]G235G2192G3641G2596G4675G3754G1439G1135G2403G3588G3004G1438G4398G1321G2532G4105G1699G1401G4203G2532G5315G149421I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry] {and} refuses to do so.G2532G1325G846G5550G2443G3340G1537G846G4202G2532G3340G375622Take note: I will throw her on a bed [of anguish], and those who commit adultery with her [her paramours] I will bring down to pressing distress {and} severe affliction, unless they turn away their minds from conduct [such as] hers {and} repent of {their} doings.G2400G1473G906G846G1519G2825G2532G3431G3326G846G1519G3173G2347G3362G3340G1537G846G204123And I will strike her children (her proper followers) dead [thoroughly exterminating them]. And all the assemblies (churches) shall recognize {and} understand that I am He Who searches minds (the thoughts, feelings, and purposes) and the [inmost] hearts, and I will give to each of you [the reward for what you have done] as your work deserves.G2532G615G846G5043G1722G2288G2532G3956G1577G1097G3754G1473G1510G3588G2045G3510G2532G2588G2532G1325G1538G5213G2596G5216G204124But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored {and} known the depths of Satan, as they say--I tell you that I do not lay upon you any other [fresh] burden:G1161G5213G3004G2532G3062G1722G2363G3745G2192G3756G5026G1322G2532G3748G1097G3756G1097G899G4567G5613G3004G906G1909G5209G3756G243G92225Only hold fast to what you have until I come.G4133G3739G2192G2902G891G3739G302G224026And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will give him authority {and} power over the nations;G2532G3528G2532G5083G3450G2041G891G5056G846G1325G1849G1909G148427And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father;G2532G4165G846G1722G4464G4603G5613G4632G2764G4937G2504G5613G2504G2983G3844G3450G396228And I will give him the Morning Star.G2532G1325G846G4407G79229He who is able to hear, let him listen to {and} heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).G2192G3775G191G5101G4151G3004G1577
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