¹²“Write to the angel of the church in Pergamum: Thus says the one who has the sharp, double-edged sword:^o ¹³I know^H where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding on to my name and did not deny your faith in me,^I^p even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness^q who was put to death among you, where Satan lives. ¹⁴But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam,^r who taught Balak to place a stumbling block^A in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols^s and to commit sexual immorality.^t ¹⁵In the same way, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^B ¹⁶So repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly^u and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^v

¹⁷“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna.^C^w I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name^x is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

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Footnotes

HOther add your works and
IOr deny my faith
AOr to place a trap
BOther add which I hate
COther add to eat

Cross references

o Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rv 1:16; 2:16; 19:15
p 1Tm 5:8
q Ac 22:20
r 2Pt 2:15
s Ac 15:29; 1Co 8:10; 10:19
t Nm 25:1; 31:16; 1Co 10:8
u Rv 22:7
v 2Th 2:8
w Ex 16:32–34
x Is 55:13; 56:5; 62:2