To the Church in Ephesus
(Acts 19:8–12; Ephesians 1:1–2)
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: Rev 1:20Rev 1:16Rev 1:11-13Rev 2:12Rev 2:18Rev 2:8Rev 3:1Rev 3:14
These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles. 1Jn 4:12Pe 2:1-31Th 5:212Co 11:13-15Rev 3:82Ti 2:191Th 1:3Gal 1:7 Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name. Heb 10:36Gal 6:9Jas 5:7-11Heb 12:1Jas 1:3-4Col 1:11Heb 6:12Heb 6:15
But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. Mat 24:12-13Jer 2:2-5Heb 6:10-11Php 1:92Th 1:31Th 4:9-10Rev 3:14-17Php 3:13-16 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Rev 3:2-3Rev 3:19Rev 2:16Hos 14:1Act 17:30-31Rev 2:21-22Ezk 20:43Mal 4:6
But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Psa 101:3Psa 26:52Jn 1:9-10Rev 2:14-152Ch 19:2Psa 139:21-22
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. Rev 2:11Rev 2:17Mat 11:15Mat 13:43Rev 13:9Mat 13:9Rev 3:12-13Rev 3:21-22
To the Church in Smyrna
To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: Rev 1:17-18Rev 1:8Rev 1:11Rev 2:1
These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan. Rev 3:9Jas 2:5-62Co 8:9Rom 9:62Co 6:10Rom 2:28-291Ti 6:18Luk 4:18
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Jas 1:12Mat 10:22Rev 3:10-11Luk 21:16-191Pe 5:4Mrk 13:13Mat 24:13Rev 2:9
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death. Rev 20:6Rev 20:14Rev 21:8Rev 2:7Rev 13:9Rev 2:17
To the Church in Pergamum
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: Rev 2:16Heb 4:12Rev 1:16Isa 11:4Rev 1:11Rev 19:15Rev 19:21Rev 2:1
These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 1Ti 5:8Rev 2:9-10Rev 3:11Rev 3:8-92Ti 2:12Act 22:202Ti 1:13Heb 10:23
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. Num 31:162Pe 2:15Rev 2:20Num 25:1-3Act 15:29Jud 1:11Heb 13:4Jos 24:9 In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Rev 2:6 Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. 2Th 2:8Rev 1:16Eph 6:17Rev 2:5Isa 11:4Rev 19:15Rev 19:21Rev 2:12
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it. Isa 62:2Isa 65:15Rev 19:12-13Rev 2:7Rev 3:12-13Rev 2:11Jhn 6:48-58Psa 36:8
To the Church in Thyatira
(Acts 16:11–15)
To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: Rev 1:14-15Rev 1:11Jhn 3:35-36Jhn 1:14Jhn 5:25Mat 3:17Psa 2:7Jhn 10:36
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first. 1Ti 1:52Pe 1:72Th 1:3Jhn 15:2Rev 2:2-41Co 13:1-81Pe 4:81Th 3:6
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 1Ki 16:31Rev 2:141Co 10:18-212Ki 9:7Act 15:20Act 15:291Ki 21:23-252Ki 9:30-37 Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. 2Pe 3:9Rom 2:4-5Rev 9:20-21Rev 16:11Rev 16:91Pe 3:202Pe 3:15Jer 8:4-6
Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. Rev 17:2Ezk 16:37-41Luk 13:5Jer 36:3Ezk 18:30-32Rev 18:3Rev 18:9Ezk 23:29 Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Mat 16:27Psa 7:9Rom 8:271Pe 1:17Act 1:24Jer 11:20Jer 17:10Jhn 2:24-25
But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you. 2Co 11:32Co 2:11Rev 12:92Co 11:13-15Act 15:282Th 2:9-12Eph 6:11-12Rev 13:14 Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come. Rev 3:11Rev 3:3Heb 10:231Th 5:21Rev 22:7Rom 12:9Jhn 14:3Rev 1:7 And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. Rev 3:21Dan 7:27Rev 2:7Psa 2:8Rev 20:4Mat 24:13Rev 22:51Jn 5:5 He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery 1—just as I have received authority from My Father. Psa 2:8-9Rev 12:5Rev 19:15Isa 30:14Mat 11:27Jhn 17:24Luk 22:29Psa 149:5-9 And I will give him the morning star. Rev 22:162Pe 1:19Luk 1:78-79
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Rev 2:7