[1] "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 name of being alive, and you are dead. [2] Awake, and strengthen
what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works
perfect in the sight of my God. [3] Remember then what you received and
heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a
thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. [4] Yet you
have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their
garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. [5] He
who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his
name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and
before his angels. [6] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says
to the churches.' [7] "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write: `The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David,
who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens. [8] "`I know
your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is
able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept
my word and have not denied my name. [9] Behold, I will make those of the
synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold,
I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have
loved you. [10] Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will
keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try
those who dwell upon the earth. [11] I am coming soon; hold fast what you
have, so that no one may seize your crown. [12] He who conquers, I will
make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and
I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,
the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own
new name. [13] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.' [14] "And to the angel of the church in La-odice'a write: `The
words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's
creation. [15] "`I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would
that you were cold or hot! [16] So, because you are lukewarm, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. [17] For you say, I am rich,
I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched,
pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. [18] Therefore I counsel you to buy from
me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe
you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to
anoint your eyes, that you may see. [19] Those whom I love, I reprove and
chasten; so be zealous and repent. [20] Behold, I stand at the door and
knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him
and eat with him, and he with me. [21] He who conquers, I will grant him to
sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father
on his throne. [22] He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches.'"
