Chapter 3

3AnduntothemessengerofthechurchinSardiswrite;ThesethingssayshewhohasthesevenSpiritsofGod,andthesevenstars;Iknowthyworks,thatyouhaveanamethatyoulive,andaredead.
2Bewatchful,andstrengthenthethingswhichremain,thatarereadytodie:forIhavenotfoundthyworkscompletebeforemyGod.
3Rememberthereforehowyouhavereceivedandheard,andkeepit,andrepent.If,therefore,youwillnotwatch,Iwillcomelikeathief,andyouwillnotknowwhathourIwillcomeuponyou.
4ButyouhavelittlenamesinSardiswhohavenotdefiledtheirgarments;andtheyshallwalkwithmeinwhite:fortheyareworthy.
5Hewhoovercomesshallsobeclothedinwhitegarments;andIwillnotwipehisnamefromthebookoflife,butIwillconfesshisnamebeforemyFather,andbeforehismessengers.
6Hewhohasanear,lethimhearwhattheSpiritsaysuntothechurches.
7AndtothemessengerofthechurchinPhiladelphiawrite;Thesethingssayshewhoisholy,whoistrue,whohasthekeyofDavid,whoopensandnoneshuts;andshutsandnoneopens;
8Iknowthyworks:behold,Ihavesetbeforeyouanopendoor,andnonecanshutit:foryouhavesmallmight,andhavekeptmyword,andhavenotdeniedmyname.
9Behold,IwillmakethemofthesynagogueofSatan,whosaytheyareJews,andarenot,butdolie;behold,Iwillmakethemtocomeandworshipbeforethyfeet,andtoknowthatIhavelovedyou.
10Becauseyouhavekeptthewordofmypatience,Ialsowillkeepyoufromthehouroftesting,whichshallcomeuponthewholeinhabited-world,totestthosewhodwellupontheearth.
11Icomequickly:holdthatfastwhichyouhave,thatnoonetakethycrown.
12HimwhoovercomeswillImakeapillarinthetempleofmyGod,andheshallgonomoreout:andIwillwriteuponhimthenameofmyGod,andthenameofthecityofmyGod,whichisnewJerusalem,whichcomesdownoutofheavenfrommyGod:andmynewname.
13Hewhohasanear,lethimhearwhattheSpiritsaysuntothechurches.
14AnduntothemessengerofthechurchinLaodiceawrite;ThissaystheAmen,thefaithfulandtruewitness,thebeginningofthecreationofGod;
15Iknowthyworks,thatyouareneithercoldnorhot:Iwouldyouwerecoldorhot.
16Sothen,becauseyouarelukewarm,andneithercoldnorhot,Iwillvomityououtofmymouth.
17Becauseyousay,Iamrich,andprospered,andhaveneedofnothing;andknownotthatyouarewretched,andmiserable,andpoor,andblind,andnaked:
18Icounselyoutobuyofmegoldburnedinthefire,thatyoumayberich;andwhitegarments,thatyoumaybeclothed,andthattheshameofthynakednessdonotappear;andeyesalvetoanointthineeyes,thatyoumaysee.
19AsmanyasIlove,Irebukeandchasten:bezealoustherefore,andrepent.
20Behold,Istandatthedoor,andknock:ifanymanhearmyvoice,andopensthedoor,Iwillcomeintohim,andwilleatwithhim,andhewithme.
21TohimwhoovercomeswillIgranttositwithmeinmythrone,evenasIalsoovercame,andamsetdownwithmyFatherinhisthrone.
22Hewhohasanear,lethimhearwhattheSpiritsaysuntothechurches.