The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 03
1 “And to the angel of the assembly in
Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God and
the seven stars says these things:
“I know your works, that you have a
reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
2 Wake up and strengthen the things that
remain, which you were about to throw
away,† for I have found no works of yours
perfected before my God.
3 Remember therefore how you have received and
heard. Keep it and repent. If
therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a
thief, and you won’t know what hour I will
come upon you.
4 Nevertheless you have a few names
in Sardis that didn’t defile their garments.
They will walk with me in white, for they
are worthy.
5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in
white garments, and I will in no way blot
his name out of the book of life, and I will
confess his name before my Father, and
before his angels.
6 He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the assemblies.
7 “To the angel of the assembly in
Philadelphia write: “He who is holy,
he who is true, he who has the key of
David, he who opens and no
one can shut, and who shuts and no one
opens, says these things:
8 “I know your works (behold, I have set
before you an open door, which no one can
shut), that you have a little power, and kept
my word, and didn’t deny my name.
9 Behold, I make some of the synagogue
of Satan, of those who say they are Jews,
and they are not, but lie—behold, I will
make them to come and worship before
your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
10 Because you kept my command to endure,
I also will keep you from the hour
of testing which is to come on the whole
world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
11 I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that
which you have, so that no one takes your
crown.
12 He who overcomes, I will make him
a pillar in the temple of my God, and he
will go out from there no more. I will write
on him the name of my God and the name
of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,
which comes down out of heaven from my
God, and my own new name.
13 He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the assemblies.
14 “To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:
“The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness,
the Beginning‡ of God’s creation, says
these things:
15 “I know your works, that you are neither
cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
16 So, because you are lukewarm, and
neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out
of my mouth.
17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have
gotten riches, and have need of nothing,’
and don’t know that you are the wretched
one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
18 I counsel you to buy from me gold
refined by fire, that you may become
rich; and white garments, that you may
clothe yourself, and thatthe shame of your
nakedness may not be revealed; and eye
salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten.
Be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, then I will come in to him and will
dine with him, and he with me.
21 He who overcomes, I will give to him
to sit down with me on my throne, as I also
overcame and sat down with my Father on
his throne.
22 He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the assemblies.”