December 10
Rev 2:1-17
“To the angel of the assembly in
Ephesus write:
“He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the
seven golden lamp stands says these things:
“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t
tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and
they are not, and found them false. You have perseverance and have endured
for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary. But I have this against you,
that you left your first love. 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 lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also
hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life,
which is in the Paradise of my God.
“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:
“The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these
things:
“I know your works, oppression, and your 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. Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to
suffer. Behold, the devil 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. He who has an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be
harmed by the second death.
“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:
“He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. 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 dwells. 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. So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the
Nicolaitans likewise . Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly,
and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who
overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a
white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he
who receives it.
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