New American Standard Bible 2020

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 labor and 6perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people, and you have 7put those who call themselves 8apostles to the test, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3and you have 9perseverance and have endured 10on account of My name, and have not become 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 I will remove your 15lampstand from its place--unless you repent. 6But you have this, that you hate the deeds of the 16Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 17The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 18To the one who overcomes, I will grant to eat from 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 28slander by those who 29say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of 30Satan. 10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you will be 31tested, and you will have tribulation 32for ten days. 33Be 34faithful until death, and I will give you 35the crown of life. 11 36The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 37The one who overcomes will not be hurt by the 38second death.’

Message to Pergamum

12“And to the angel of the church in 39Pergamum write:

The One who has 40the sharp two-edged sword says this:

13‘I know where you dwell, where 41Satan’s throne is; and you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny 42My faith even in the days of Antipas, My 43witness, My 44faithful one, who was killed among you, 45where Satan dwells. 14But 46I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the 47teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a 48stumbling block before the sons of Israel, 49to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15So you too, have some who in the same way hold to the teaching of the 50Nicolaitans. 16Therefore 51repent; or else 52I am coming to you quickly, and I will wage war against them with 53the sword of My mouth. 17 54The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 55To the one who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden 56manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a 57new name written on the stone 58which no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Message to Thyatira

18“And to the angel of the church in 59Thyatira write:

60The Son of God, 61who has 62eyes like a flame of fire, and 63feet like burnished bronze, says this:

19‘64I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and 65perseverance, and that your 66deeds of late are greater than 67at first. 20But 68I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman 69Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they 70commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 71I gave her time to repent, and she 72does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. 22Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who 73commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of 74her deeds. 23And I will kill her children with 75plague, and all the churches will know that I am He who 76searches the 77minds and hearts; and 78I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24But I say to you, the rest who are in 79Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the 80deep things of Satan, as they call them--I 81place no other burden on you. 25Nevertheless 82what you have, hold firmly 83until I come. 26 84The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds 85until the end, 86I will give him authority over the 87nations; 27and he shall 88 89rule them with a rod of iron, 90as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28and I will give him 91the morning star. 29 92The one 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 Or steadfastness ↩
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 Or blasphemy ↩
29. Revelation 2:9 Rev 3:9 ↩
30. Revelation 2:9 Matt 4:10; Rev 2:13, 24 ↩
31. Revelation 2:10 Rev 3:10; 13:14ff ↩
32. Revelation 2:10 Dan 1:12, 14 ↩
33. Revelation 2:10 Or Prove yourself faithful ↩
34. Revelation 2:10 Rev 2:13; 12:11; 17:14 ↩
35. Revelation 2:10 1 Cor 9:25; Rev 3:11 ↩
36. Revelation 2:11 Matt 11:15; Rev 2:7, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 ↩
37. Revelation 2:11 Rev 2:7, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7 ↩
38. Revelation 2:11 Rev 20:6, 14; 21:8 ↩
39. Revelation 2:12 Rev 1:11 ↩
40. Revelation 2:12 Rev 1:16; 2:16 ↩
41. Revelation 2:13 Matt 4:10; Rev 2:24 ↩
42. Revelation 2:13 1 Tim 5:8; Rev 14:12 ↩
43. Revelation 2:13 Acts 22:20; Rev 1:5; 11:3; 17:6 ↩
44. Revelation 2:13 Rev 2:10; 12:11; 17:14 ↩
45. Revelation 2:13 Rev 2:9 ↩
46. Revelation 2:14 Rev 2:20 ↩
47. Revelation 2:14 Num 31:16; 2 Pet 2:15 ↩
48. Revelation 2:14 I.e., a temptation to sin ↩
49. Revelation 2:14 Num 25:1f; Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:20 ↩
50. Revelation 2:15 Rev 2:6 ↩
51. Revelation 2:16 Rev 2:5 ↩
52. Revelation 2:16 Rev 22:7, 20 ↩
53. Revelation 2:16 2 Thess 2:8; Rev 1:16 ↩
54. Revelation 2:17 Rev 2:7 ↩
55. Revelation 2:17 Rev 2:7 ↩
56. Revelation 2:17 Ex 16:33; John 6:49f ↩
57. Revelation 2:17 Is 56:5; 62:2; 65:15 ↩
58. Revelation 2:17 Rev 14:3; 19:12 ↩
59. Revelation 2:18 Rev 1:11; 2:24 ↩
60. Revelation 2:18 Matt 4:3 ↩
61. Revelation 2:18 Rev 1:14f ↩
62. Revelation 2:18 Lit His eyes ↩
63. Revelation 2:18 Lit His feet ↩
64. Revelation 2:19 Rev 2:2 ↩
65. Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness ↩
66. Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds ↩
67. Revelation 2:19 Lit the first ↩
68. Revelation 2:20 Rev 2:14 ↩
69. Revelation 2:20 1 Kin 16:31; 21:25; 2 Kin 9:7, 22, 30 ↩
70. Revelation 2:20 Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:14 ↩
71. Revelation 2:21 Rom 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9 ↩
72. Revelation 2:21 Rom 2:5; Rev 9:20f; 16:9, 11 ↩
73. Revelation 2:22 Rev 17:2; 18:9 ↩
74. Revelation 2:22 One early ms their ↩
75. Revelation 2:23 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death ↩
76. 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 ↩
77. Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys; i.e., inner man ↩
78. Revelation 2:23 Ps 62:12 ↩
79. Revelation 2:24 Rev 2:18 ↩
80. Revelation 2:24 1 Cor 2:10 ↩
81. Revelation 2:24 Acts 15:28 ↩
82. Revelation 2:25 Rev 3:11 ↩
83. Revelation 2:25 John 21:22 ↩
84. Revelation 2:26 Rev 2:7 ↩
85. Revelation 2:26 Matt 10:22; Heb 3:6 ↩
86. Revelation 2:26 Ps 2:8; Rev 3:21; 20:4 ↩
87. Revelation 2:26 Or Gentiles ↩
88. Revelation 2:27 Lit shepherd ↩
89. Revelation 2:27 Ps 2:9; Rev 12:5; 19:15 ↩
90. Revelation 2:27 Is 30:14; Jer 19:11 ↩
91. Revelation 2:28 1 John 3:2; Rev 22:16 ↩
92. Revelation 2:29 Rev 2:7 ↩