“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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Footnotes

*3:1a Or the messenger; also in 3:7, 14.
*3:1b Greek the seven spirits.

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Chapter 3

The Message to the Church in Sardis