¹⁰Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil ^jis about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. ^kBe faithful until death, ^land I will give you the crown ^mof life. ⁿ

¹¹“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor will never be harmed by the second death. ^o

The Letter to Pergamum

¹²“Write to the angel of the church in Pergamum:

“The One who has the sharp, double-edged sword ^psays: ¹³I know ^qwhere you live—where Satan’s throne is! And you are holding on to My name and did not deny your faith in Me, ^r^seven in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness ^twho was killed among you, where Satan lives. ¹⁴But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, ^uwho taught Balak to place a stumbling block ^vin front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols ^wand to commit sexual immorality. ^x^y¹⁵In the same way, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ^z¹⁶Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly ^aand fight against them with the sword of My mouth. ^b

¹⁷“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. ^c^dI will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name ^eis inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

The Letter to Thyatira

¹⁸“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, ^fthe One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, ^g^hsays: ¹⁹I know your works—your love, faithfulness, ⁱservice, and endurance. ^jYour last works are greater than the first. ²⁰But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, ^kwho calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives My ^•slaves to commit sexual immorality ^land to eat meat sacrificed to idols. ^m²¹I gave her time to repent, ⁿbut she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. ^o^p²²Look! I will throw her into a sickbed ^qand those who commit adultery with her ^rinto great tribulation, ^sunless they repent of her ^tpractices.

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Footnotes

m2:10 Or wreath
q2:13 Other add your works and
s2:13 Or deny My faith
v2:14 Or to place a trap
y2:14 Or commit fornication
z2:15 Other add which I hate
c2:17 Other add to eat
g2:18 Probably gleaming white hot; Rv 1:15
i2:19 Or faith
•The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English as servant or bond servant; the HCSB translates this word as slave, not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire’s inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.
l2:20 Or commit fornication
o2:21 Or her fornication
t2:22 Other read their

Cross references

j2:10 Mt 4:1; Eph 4:27; 6:11; 1Tm 3:6; Jms 4:7; 1Pt 5:8; Rv 12:9, 12; 20:2
k2:10 Dn 1:12, 14
l2:10 Mt 10:22; 24:13; Rv 12:11
n2:10 1Co 9:25; Jms 1:12; Rv 3:11
o2:11 Rv 20:6, 14; 21:8
p2:12 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rv 1:16; 2:16; 19:15
r2:13 1Tm 5:8
t2:13 Ac 22:20
u2:14 2Pt 2:15
w2:14 Ac 15:29; 1Co 8:10; 10:19
x2:14 Nm 25:1; 31:16; 1Co 10:8
a2:16 Rv 22:7
b2:16 2Th 2:8
d2:17 Ex 16:32–34
e2:17 Is 55:13; 56:5; 62:2
f2:18 Ps 2:7–9
h2:18 Rv 1:14–15
j2:19 1Th 1:3; Rv 2:2
k2:20 1Kg 16:30–33; 21:25; 2Kg 9:7, 30–37
m2:20 2Kg 9:22; Ac 15:29; 1Co 10:20
n2:21 Rm 2:4; 2Pt 3:9
p2:21 Rv 9:20–21; 16:9, 11
q2:22 2 Kgs 9:22
r2:22 Rv 17:2; 18:9
s2:22 Mt 24:21; Ac 7:11