Revelation 2:10–22

¹⁰Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,^k and you will suffer persecution for ten days.^l Be faithful,^m even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.ⁿ

¹¹Whoever has ears, let them hear^o what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.^p

To the Church in Pergamum

¹²“To the angel of the church in Pergamum^q write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.^{r 13}I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,^s not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,^t who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.^u

¹⁴Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:^v There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,^w who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols^x and committed sexual immorality.^{y 15}Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^{z 16}Repent^a therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^b

¹⁷Whoever has ears, let them hear^c what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,^d I will give some of the hidden manna.^e I will also give that person a white stone with a new name^f written on it, known only to the one who receives it.^g

To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸“To the angel of the church in Thyatira^h write:

These are the words of the Son of God,ⁱ whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.^{j 19}I know your deeds,^k your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

²⁰Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,^l who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.^{m 21}I have given her timeⁿ to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.^{o 22}So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery^p with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.