3:1: “And for the messenger of the church in Sardis write [as follows]: These things says the one who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your deeds, that you have a name [= a reputation] that you’re living. And you’re dead.” For the introduction see the comments on 2:1, also on 1:4 for “the seven Spirits.” “Of God” confirms the earlier estimate of the seven Spirits as God’s Holy Spirit distributed in his wholeness to each of