The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 02
1 “To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write:
“He who holds the seven stars in his
right hand, he who walks among 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.
3 You have perseverance and have endured
for my name’s sake, and have † not
grown weary.
4 But I have this against you, that you left
your first love.
5 Remember 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.
6 But this you have, that you hate the
works of the Nicolaitans, which I also
hate.
7 He 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 ofthe assembly inSmyrna
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.
10 Don’t be afraid ofthe 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.
11 He 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 among you,
where Satan dwells.
14 But 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.
15 So also you likewise have some who
hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.‡
16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming
to you quickly and I will make war against
them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He 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.
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.
20 But 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.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses
to repent of her sexual immorality.
22 Behold,I willthrow her and those who
commit adultery with her into a bed of
great oppression, unless they repent of her
works.
23 I 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.
24 But 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.
25 Nevertheless, hold that which you
have firmly until I come.
26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps
my works to the end, to him I will give
authority over the nations.
27 He will rule them with a rod of iron,
shattering them like clay pots,* as I also
have received of my Father;
28 and I will give him the morning star.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the assemblies.