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Revelation 2:2-10

2IknowthyworksἔργαergaG2041,andthytoilandpatience,andthatthou canstnotbearG941evilκακοὺςkakousG2556men,anddidst trythemthatcallthemselvesapostlesἀποστόλουςapostolousG652,andtheyareG1510not,anddidstfindG2147themfalseψευδεῖς.pseudeisG5571;

3andthou hastpatienceanddidstbearG941formyname’sὄνομάonomaG3686sakeδιὰdiaG1223,andhastnotgrownweary.

4ButIhavethisagainstthee,thatthou didstleaveG863thyfirstπρώτηνprōtēnG4413loveἀγάπηνagapēnG26.

5RememberμνημόνευεmnēmoneueG3421thereforeοὖνounG3767whence thou artfallenG4098,andrepentμετανόησονmetanoēsonG3340anddothefirstπρῶταprōtaG4413worksἔργαergaG2041;orelseIcomeG2064tothee,andwillmoveG2795thy candlestickoutofitsplaceτόπουtopouG5117,exceptthourepentμετανοήσῃς.metanoēsēsG3340.

6Butthisthou hast,thatthou hatesttheworksἔργαergaG2041oftheNicolaitansΝικολαϊτῶνNikolaitōnG3531,whichIalsohateG3404.

7HethathathanearοὖςousG3775,lethimhearἀκουσάτωakousatōG191whattheSpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151saithtothechurchesἐκκλησίαις·ekklēsiaisG1577.Tohimthatovercometh,tohimwillIgiveδώσωdōsōG1325toeatG2068ofthetreeξύλουxulouG3586oflifeζωῆςzōēsG2222,whichisG1510intheParadiseπαραδείσῳparadeisōG3857ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316.

8AndtotheangelἀγγέλῳangelōG32ofthechurchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577inSmyrnaΣμύρνῃSmurnēG4667writeγράψον·grapsonG1125:ThesethingsG3739saiththefirstπρῶτοςprōtosG4413andthelastἔσχατος,eschatosG2078,whowasdeadνεκρὸςnekrosG3498,andlivedG2198again:

9IknowthytribulationθλῖψινthlipsinG2347,andthypovertyπτωχείαν,ptōcheianG4432(butthou artrichπλούσιοςplousiosG4145),andtheblasphemyG988ofthemthatsayG3004theyareG1510JewsἸουδαίουςIoudaiousG2453,andtheyareG1510not,butareG1510asynagogueσυναγωγὴsunagōgēG4864ofSatanσατανᾶ.satanaG4567.

10FearφοβοῦphobouG5399notthethingsG3739whichthou artabouttosufferπάσχειν·pascheinG3958:beholdἰδοὺidouG2400,thedevilδιάβολοςdiabolosG1228isabouttocastβάλλεινballeinG906someofyouintoprisonφυλακὴνphulakēnG5438,thatyemaybetried;andyeshallhavetribulationθλῖψινthlipsinG2347tenδέκα.dekaG1176daysἡμερῶνhēmerōnG2250.BethoufaithfulπιστὸςpistosG4103untodeathθανάτου,thanatouG2288,andIwillgiveδώσωdōsōG1325theethecrownστέφανονstephanonG4735oflifeζωῆς.zōēsG2222.

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