Revelation 3:1
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To the Church in Sardis
3:1“To1 the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:2
“This is the solemn pronouncement of3 the one who holds4 the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation5 that you are alive, but6 in reality7 you are dead.
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- 1 Here καί (kai) has not been translated due to differences between Greek and English style.
- 2 The phrase “the following” after “write” is supplied to clarify that what follows is the content of what is to be written.
- 3 Grk “These things says [the One] …” See the note on the phrase “this is the solemn pronouncement of” in . The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in .
- 4 Grk “who has” (cf. 1:16).
- 5 Grk “a name.”
- 6 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
- 7 The prepositional phrase “in reality” is supplied in the translation to make explicit the idea that their being alive was only an illusion.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
“ ‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“To the angel of the church in Sardis write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Write to the angel of the church in Sardis: Thus says the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars:
“I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:
“This is what the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: ‘I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
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