Revelation 3

Chapter 3

Message to Sardis

¹“To the angel of the church in ^aSardis write:

He who has ^bthe seven Spirits of God and ^cthe seven stars, says this: ‘^dI know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, ¹but you are ^edead.

²‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.

³‘So ^aremember ¹what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come ^blike a thief, and you will not know at ^cwhat hour I will come to you.

⁴‘But you have a few ^1apeople in ^bSardis who have not ^csoiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^din white, for they are worthy.

⁵‘^aHe who overcomes will thus be clothed in ^bwhite garments; and I will not ^cerase his name from the book of life, and ^dI will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

⁶‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Philadelphia

⁷“And to the angel of the church in ^aPhiladelphia write:

^bHe who is holy, ^cwho is true, who has ^dthe key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸‘^aI know your ¹deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^ban open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^chave not denied My name.

⁹‘Behold, I ¹will cause those of ^athe synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^bcome and bow down ²at your feet, and make them know that ^cI have loved you.

¹⁰‘Because you have ^akept the word of ^bMy ¹perseverance, ^cI also will keep you from the hour of ^2dtesting, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^3eworld, to ⁴test ^fthose who dwell on the earth.

¹¹‘^aI am coming quickly; ^bhold fast what you have, so that no one will take your ^ccrown.

¹²‘^aHe who overcomes, I will make him a ^bpillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^cname of My God, and ^dthe name of the city of My God, ^ethe new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^fnew name.

¹³‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴“To the angel of the church in ^aLaodicea write:

^bThe Amen, ^cthe faithful and true Witness, ^dthe ¹Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵‘^aI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^bI wish that you were cold or hot.

¹⁶‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will ¹spit you out of My mouth.

¹⁷‘Because you say, “^aI am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

¹⁸I advise you to ^abuy from Me ^bgold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^cwhite garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^dthe shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

¹⁹‘^aThose whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^brepent.

²⁰‘Behold, I stand ^aat the door and ^bknock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^cI will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

²¹‘^aHe who overcomes, I will grant to him ^bto sit down with Me on My throne, as ^cI also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

²²‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ ”