Revelation 3

To the angel of the church in Sardis write: “Thus says the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works. You have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and was about to die, for I have not found your works complete before my God. Remember, then, how you received and heard; keep it and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you. But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who overcomes will be clothed like this in white garments. I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: “Thus says the Holy One, the True One, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens: I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Look, I am giving you some from the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but are lying. Look, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and know that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to test those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take your crown. The one who overcomes—I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. 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 out of heaven from my God, and my new name. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation: I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth. For you say, ‘I am rich, I have grown wealthy, and I need nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, white garments to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed, and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent. Look, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me. The one who overcomes—I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, just as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

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