1 “To the messenger of the congregation in Ephesus write:
“He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says these things:
2 “I know your works, and the toil, and your perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and are not, and found them liars; 3 and you have endured and have perseverance for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He who has an ear, hear what the spirit says to the congregations! To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is inside the Paradise of my God.
8 “And to the messenger of the congregation in Smyrna write:
“The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says these things:
9 “I know your works, oppression, and poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Look, the slanderer is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, hear what the spirit says to the congregations! He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
12 “To the messenger of the congregation in Pergamum write:
“He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
13 “I know your works and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise. 16 Repent! Or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He who has an ear, hear what the spirit says to the congregations! To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows except he who receives it.
18 “And to the messenger of the congregation in Thyatira write:
“The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
19 “I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Look, I will throw her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24 But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don’t have this teaching, who don’t know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ I am not putting any other burden on you. 25 Only hold that which you have firmly until I come. 26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 27 He ‘will shepherd them with an iron staff; they will be shattered like clay pots,’ as I also have received from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, hear what the spirit says to the congregations!