¹“ To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write :

“ He who holds the seven stars in his right hand , he who walks amongst the seven golden lamp stands says these things :

²“ I know your works , and your toil and perseverance , and that you can ’ t tolerate evil men , and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not , and found them false .

³You have perseverance and have endured for my name ’ s sake , and have not grown weary .[#2:3 TR adds “have laboured and”]

⁴But I have this against you , that you left your first love.

⁵Remember therefore from where you have fallen , and repent and do the first works ; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place , unless you repent .

⁶But this you have , that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans , which I also hate .

⁷He who has an ear , let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies . To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life , which is in the Paradise of my God .

⁸“ To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write :

“ The first and the last , who was dead , and has come to life says these things :

⁹“ I know your works, oppression, and your poverty ( but you are rich ), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews , and they are not , but are a synagogue of Satan .

¹⁰Don’ t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer . Behold , the devil is about to throw some of you into prison , that you may be tested ; and you will have oppression for ten days . Be faithful to death , and I will give you the crown of life .

¹¹He who has an ear , let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies . He who overcomes won’ t be harmed by the second death .

¹²“ To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write :

“ He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things :

¹³“ I know your works and where you dwell , where Satan ’s throne is . You hold firmly to my name , and didn’ t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness , my faithful one , who was killed amongst you , where Satan dwells .

¹⁴But I have a few things against you , because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel , to eat things sacrificed to idols , and to commit sexual immorality .

¹⁵So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans .[#2:15 TR reads “which I hate” instead of “likewise”]

¹⁶Repent therefore , or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth .

¹⁷He who has an ear , let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies . To him who overcomes , to him I will give of the hidden manna , and I will give him a white stone , and on the stone a new name written which no one knows but he who receives it .[#2:17 Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for “What is it?”. See Exodus 11:7-9.]

¹⁸“ To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write :

“ The Son of God , who has his eyes like a flame of fire , and his feet are like burnished brass , says these things :

¹⁹“ I know your works , your love, faith , service , patient endurance , and that your last works are more than the first .

²⁰But I have this against you , that you tolerate your woman Jezebel , who calls herself a prophetess . She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols .[#2:20 TR, NU read “that” instead of “your”]

²¹I gave her time to repent , but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality .

²²Behold , I will throw her and those who commit adultery with her into a bed of great oppression, unless they repent of her works .

²³I will kill her children with Death , and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts . I will give to each one of you according to your deeds .

²⁴But to you I say , to the rest who are in Thyatira — as many as don’ t have this teaching , who don’ t know what some call ‘ the deep things of Satan ’— to you I say , I am not putting any other burden on you .

²⁵Nevertheless , hold that which you have firmly until I come .

²⁶He who overcomes , and he who keeps my works to the end , to him I will give authority over the nations .

²⁷He will rule them with a rod of iron , shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father ;[#Psalms 2:9]

²⁸and I will give him the morning star.

²⁹He who has an ear , let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies .