Revelation 3

To the Church in Sardis

3“To the angel^a of the church in Sardis^c write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits^bd of God and the seven stars.^e I know your deeds;^f you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.^{g 2}Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. ³Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.^h But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,ⁱ and you will not know at what time^j I will come to you.

⁴Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.^k They will walk with me, dressed in white,^l for they are worthy. ⁵The one who is victorious^m will, like them, be dressed in white.ⁿ I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,^o but will acknowledge that name before my Father^p and his angels. ⁶Whoever has ears, let them hear^q what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia^r write:

These are the words of him who is holy^s and true,^t who holds the key of David.^u What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. ⁸I know your deeds.^v See, I have placed before you an open door^w that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.^{x 9}I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,^y who claim to be Jews though they are not,^z but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet^a and acknowledge that I have loved you.^{b 10}Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you^c from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world^d to test^e the inhabitants of the earth.^f

¹¹I am coming soon.^g Hold on to what you have,^h so that no one will take your crown.^{i 12}The one who is victorious^j I will make a pillar^k in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God^l and the name of the city of my God,^m the new Jerusalem,ⁿ which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. ¹³Whoever has ears, let them hear^o what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴“To the angel of the church in Laodicea^p write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,^q the ruler of God’s creation.^{r 15}I know your deeds,^s that you are neither cold nor hot.^t I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’^u But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.^{v 18}I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,^w so you can become rich; and white clothes^x to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;^y and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

¹⁹Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.^z So be earnest and repent.^{a 20}Here I am! I stand at the door^b and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,^c I will come in^d and eat with that person, and they with me.

²¹To the one who is victorious,^e I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,^f just as I was victorious^g and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²²Whoever has ears, let them hear^h what the Spirit says to the churches.”