²⁰The ^•secret ^pof the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels ^qof the seven churches, and the seven lampstands ^rare the seven churches. ^s

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Footnotes

•Translation of the Greek word mysterion; it is a secret hidden in the past but now revealed.
q1:20 Or messengers
r1:20 Other add that you saw

Cross references

p1:20 Mt 13:35; Rm 16:25
s1:20 Mt 5:14–15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands—the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

KJV 1900King James Version

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

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