Revelation 3

Message to Sardis

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

He who has 2the seven Spirits of God and 3the seven stars, says this: ‘4I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, 5but you are 6dead. 2Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 3So 7remember 8what you have received and heard; and keep it, and 9repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, 10I will come 11like a thief, and you will not know at 12what hour I will come to you. 4But you have a few 1314people in 15Sardis who have not 16soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me 17in white, for they are worthy. 518He who overcomes will thus be clothed in 19white garments; and I will not 20erase his name from the book of life, and 21I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 622He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Philadelphia

7“And to the angel of the church in 23Philadelphia write:

24He who is holy, 25who is true, who has 26the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

8‘27I know your 28deeds. Behold, I have put before you 29an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and 30have not denied My name. 9Behold, I 31will cause those of 32the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie--I will make them 33come and bow down 34at your feet, and make them know that 35I have loved you. 10Because you have 36kept the word of 37My 38perseverance, 39I also will keep you from the hour of 4041testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole 4243world, to 44test 45those who dwell on the earth. 1146I am coming quickly; 47hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your 48crown. 1249He who overcomes, I will make him a 50pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the 51name of My God, and 52the name of the city of My God, 53the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My 54new name. 1355He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Laodicea

14“To the angel of the church in 56Laodicea write:

57The Amen, 58the faithful and true Witness, 59the 60Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

15‘61I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; 62I wish that you were cold or hot. 16So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will 63spit you out of My mouth. 17Because you say, “64I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18I advise you to 65buy from Me 66gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and 67white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that 68the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 1969Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and 70repent. 20Behold, I stand 71at the door and 72knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, 73I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 2174He who overcomes, I will grant to him 75to sit down with Me on My throne, as 76I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 2277He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”