New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 2

Message to Ephesus

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

The One who holds 2the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks 3 4among the seven golden lampstands, says this:

2‘5I know your deeds and your toil and 6perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you 7put to the test those who call themselves 8apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3and you have 9perseverance and have endured 10for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary. 4But I have this against you, that you have 11left your first love. 5Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and 12repent and 13do the 14deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your 15lampstand out of its place--unless you repent. 6Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the 16Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 18To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of 19the tree of life which is in the 20Paradise of God.’

Message to Smyrna

8“And to the angel of the church in 21Smyrna write:

22The first and the last, who 23 24was dead, and has come to life, says this:

9‘I know your 25tribulation and your 26poverty (but you are 27rich), and the blasphemy by those who 28say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of 29Satan. 10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be 30tested, and you will have tribulation 31for ten days. 32Be 33faithful until death, and I will give you 34the crown of life. 11 35He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 36He who overcomes will not be hurt by the 37second death.’

Message to Pergamum

12“And to the angel of the church in 38Pergamum write:

The One who has 39the sharp two-edged sword says this:

13‘I know where you dwell, where 40Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny 41My faith even in the days of Antipas, My 42witness, My 43faithful one, who was killed among you, 44where Satan dwells. 14But 45I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the 46teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, 47to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the 48Nicolaitans. 16Therefore 49repent; or else 50I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with 51the sword of My mouth. 17 52He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 53To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden 54manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a 55new name written on the stone 56which no one knows but he who receives it.’

Message to Thyatira

18“And to the angel of the church in 57Thyatira write:

58The Son of God, 59who has 60eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:

19‘61I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and 62perseverance, and that your 63deeds of late are greater than 64at first. 20But 65I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman 66Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they 67commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 68I gave her time to repent, and she 69does not want to repent of her immorality. 22Behold, I will throw her 70on a bed of sickness, and those who 71commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of 72her deeds. 23And I will kill her children with 73pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who 74searches the 75minds and hearts; and 76I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24But I say to you, the rest who are in 77Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the 78deep things of Satan, as they call them--I 79place no other burden on you. 25Nevertheless 80what you have, hold fast 81until I come. 26 82He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds 83until the end, 84to him I will give authority over the 85nations; 27and he shall 86 87rule them with a rod of iron, 88as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28and I will give him 89the morning star. 29 90He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Notes

1. Revelation 2:1 Rev 1:11 ↩
2. Revelation 2:1 Rev 1:16 ↩
3. Revelation 2:1 Lit in the middle of ↩
4. Revelation 2:1 Rev 1:12f ↩
5. Revelation 2:2 Rev 2:19; 3:1, 8, 15 ↩
6. Revelation 2:2 Or steadfastness ↩
7. Revelation 2:2 John 6:6; 1 John 4:1 ↩
8. Revelation 2:2 2 Cor 11:13 ↩
9. Revelation 2:3 V 2, note 1 ↩
10. Revelation 2:3 John 15:21 ↩
11. Revelation 2:4 Jer 2:2; Matt 24:12 ↩
12. Revelation 2:5 Rev 2:16, 22; 3:3, 19 ↩
13. Revelation 2:5 Heb 10:32; Rev 2:2 ↩
14. Revelation 2:5 Lit first deeds ↩
15. Revelation 2:5 Matt 5:14ff; Phil 2:15; Rev 1:20 ↩
16. Revelation 2:6 Rev 2:15 ↩
17. Revelation 2:7 Matt 11:15; Rev 2:11, 17; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 ↩
18. Revelation 2:7 Rev 2:11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7 ↩
19. Revelation 2:7 Gen 2:9; 3:22; Prov 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Rev 22:2, 14 ↩
20. Revelation 2:7 Ezek 28:13; 31:8f; Luke 23:43 ↩
21. Revelation 2:8 Rev 1:11 ↩
22. Revelation 2:8 Is 44:6; 48:12; Rev 1:17; 22:13 ↩
23. Revelation 2:8 Lit became ↩
24. Revelation 2:8 Rev 1:18 ↩
25. Revelation 2:9 Rev 1:9 ↩
26. Revelation 2:9 2 Cor 6:10; 8:9; James 2:5 ↩
27. Revelation 2:9 2 Cor 6:10; 8:9; James 2:5 ↩
28. Revelation 2:9 Rev 3:9 ↩
29. Revelation 2:9 Matt 4:10; Rev 2:13, 24 ↩
30. Revelation 2:10 Rev 3:10; 13:14ff ↩
31. Revelation 2:10 Dan 1:12, 14 ↩
32. Revelation 2:10 Or Prove yourself faithful ↩
33. Revelation 2:10 Rev 2:13; 12:11; 17:14 ↩
34. Revelation 2:10 1 Cor 9:25; Rev 3:11 ↩
35. Revelation 2:11 Matt 11:15; Rev 2:7, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 ↩
36. Revelation 2:11 Rev 2:7, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7 ↩
37. Revelation 2:11 Rev 20:6, 14; 21:8 ↩
38. Revelation 2:12 Rev 1:11 ↩
39. Revelation 2:12 Rev 1:16; 2:16 ↩
40. Revelation 2:13 Matt 4:10; Rev 2:24 ↩
41. Revelation 2:13 1 Tim 5:8; Rev 14:12 ↩
42. Revelation 2:13 Acts 22:20; Rev 1:5; 11:3; 17:6 ↩
43. Revelation 2:13 Rev 2:10; 12:11; 17:14 ↩
44. Revelation 2:13 Rev 2:9 ↩
45. Revelation 2:14 Rev 2:20 ↩
46. Revelation 2:14 Num 31:16; 2 Pet 2:15 ↩
47. Revelation 2:14 Num 25:1f; Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:20 ↩
48. Revelation 2:15 Rev 2:6 ↩
49. Revelation 2:16 Rev 2:5 ↩
50. Revelation 2:16 Rev 22:7, 20 ↩
51. Revelation 2:16 2 Thess 2:8; Rev 1:16 ↩
52. Revelation 2:17 Rev 2:7 ↩
53. Revelation 2:17 Rev 2:7 ↩
54. Revelation 2:17 Ex 16:33; John 6:49f ↩
55. Revelation 2:17 Is 56:5; 62:2; 65:15 ↩
56. Revelation 2:17 Rev 14:3; 19:12 ↩
57. Revelation 2:18 Rev 1:11; 2:24 ↩
58. Revelation 2:18 Matt 4:3 ↩
59. Revelation 2:18 Rev 1:14f ↩
60. Revelation 2:18 Lit His eyes ↩
61. Revelation 2:19 Rev 2:2 ↩
62. Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness ↩
63. Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds ↩
64. Revelation 2:19 Lit the first ↩
65. Revelation 2:20 Rev 2:14 ↩
66. Revelation 2:20 1 Kin 16:31; 21:25; 2 Kin 9:7, 22, 30 ↩
67. Revelation 2:20 Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:14 ↩
68. Revelation 2:21 Rom 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9 ↩
69. Revelation 2:21 Rom 2:5; Rev 9:20f; 16:9, 11 ↩
70. Revelation 2:22 Lit into ↩
71. Revelation 2:22 Rev 17:2; 18:9 ↩
72. Revelation 2:22 One early ms reads their ↩
73. Revelation 2:23 Lit death ↩
74. Revelation 2:23 Ps 7:9; 26:2; 139:1; Jer 11:20; 17:10; Matt 16:27; Luke 16:15; Acts 1:24; Rom 8:27 ↩
75. Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys, i.e. inner man ↩
76. Revelation 2:23 Ps 62:12 ↩
77. Revelation 2:24 Rev 2:18 ↩
78. Revelation 2:24 1 Cor 2:10 ↩
79. Revelation 2:24 Acts 15:28 ↩
80. Revelation 2:25 Rev 3:11 ↩
81. Revelation 2:25 John 21:22 ↩
82. Revelation 2:26 Rev 2:7 ↩
83. Revelation 2:26 Matt 10:22; Heb 3:6 ↩
84. Revelation 2:26 Ps 2:8; Rev 3:21; 20:4 ↩
85. Revelation 2:26 Or Gentiles ↩
86. Revelation 2:27 Lit shepherd ↩
87. Revelation 2:27 Ps 2:9; Rev 12:5; 19:15 ↩
88. Revelation 2:27 Is 30:14; Jer 19:11 ↩
89. Revelation 2:28 1 John 3:2; Rev 22:16 ↩
90. Revelation 2:29 Rev 2:7 ↩