Revised
Standard Version of the Holy Bible
Revelation
Chapter 3 (Revised Standard Version)
Revelation 3
1 "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write 'The
words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
"'I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are
dead.
2 Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death,
for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.
3 Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent.
If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at
what hour I will come upon you.
4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not
soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are
worthy.
5 He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will
not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before
my Father and before his angels.
6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.'
7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write 'The
words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens
and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens.
8 "'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open
door, which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power,
and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that
they are Jews and are not, but lie -- behold, I will make them come and
bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you.
10 Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep
you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try
those who dwell upon the earth.
11 I am coming soon; hold fast what you have, so that no one may
seize your crown.
12 He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God;
never shall he go out of it, and 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
from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.'
14 "And to the angel of the church in La-odice'a write 'The
words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's
creation.
15 "'I know your works you are neither cold nor hot. Would
that you were cold or hot!
16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
spew you out of my mouth.
17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not
knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
18 Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that
you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of
your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you
may see.
19 Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and
repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with
me.
21 He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as
I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches.'"
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