TO THE
CONQUERORS

1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One Who holds the seven stars in His right hand, Who walks in the middle of the seven golden lampstands, says these things: 2 I know your works, and your labor and your endurance, and that you can't bear bad men, and that you tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them false. 3 I know that you have endurance, and that you are carrying on for the sake of My Name. You haven't grown weary.

4 But I have this against you: you have left your first love. 5 So remember where you have fallen from, and repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I am coming to you, and I will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 6 But you do have this: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

8 To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The First and the Last, Who was dead and came to life again, says these things: 9 I know your tribulation and your poverty — but you are rich — and the slander from those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

10 Don't fear what you are about to suffer. Behold! the devil is about to throw some of you into prison in order that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.

12 To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One Who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things: 13 I know where you dwell — where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My Name, and you didn't deny your faith in Me even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block in front of the sons of Israel — to eat food sacrificed to idols and to play the whore. 15 So you also have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way. 16 So repent. If not, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war with them by the sword of My mouth.

17 Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone, which no one knows except him who receives it.

18 To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, Whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and Whose feet are like burnished bronze, says these things: 19 I know your works, and your love and faith and service and your endurance, and that you are doing more works now than you did at first. 20 But I have this against you: you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My servants to play the whore and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

22 Behold! I am throwing her onto a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works. 23 I will strike her children dead. All the churches will know that I am the One Who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira who don't hold this teaching and haven't known the deep things of Satan, as they call them, I say: I'm not putting any other burden on you. 25 Only hold fast to what you have until I come.

26 To him who conquers and who keeps My works to the end I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will shepherd them with an iron rod, as the clay pots are shattered — 28 as I also have received authority from My Father. And I will give him the morning star.