REVELATION, CHAPTER III.

[1 What John was commanded to write to the angels of the churches of Sardis,
7 Philadelphia, 14 and Laodicea.]

AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis
write; These things saith he that hath the 
seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know 
thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, 
and art dead. 
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which 
remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found
thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received 
and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore
thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come 
upon thee. 
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which 
have not defiled their garments; and they shall
walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name 
out of the book of life, but I will confess his name
before my Father, and before his angels. 
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write; These things saith he that is holy, he that 
is true, he that hath the key of David, he that 
openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and 
no man openeth:
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before 
thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou
hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and 
hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of 
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do 
lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship
before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience,
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,
which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which 
thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 
12 Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in 
the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of my God, and 
the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, 
which cometh down out of heaven from my 
God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the 
Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen,
the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the 
creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 
nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither 
cold nor hot, I will spur thee out of my mouth:
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased 
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knows 
not that thou are wretched, and miserable, and poor, 
and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the 
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, 
that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of 
thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes 
with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be 
zealous therefore, and repent. 
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come
in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit 
with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and 
am set down with my Father in his throne. 
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches.